I don't know anyone who was never a geek, really, when they look at their own lives. I think that from the outside looking in, you think that you weren't necessarily a tragic geek, but yes, you did lean in that direction.
I like working with an actor who doesn't do the oneupmanship. One who has no trick and gives a true, honest performance.
I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients.