He and his family ended up plopping down at the beach next to me and my daughter last summer, for about 4 hours, and I was really impressed with how gracious he was to fans.  We decided not to go bother them, because people were literally acting like he was an animal in a zoo, being 5 feet away and shouting to their…

I think he's said in interviews before that at the time, he and Philip Seymour Hoffman were always auditioning for the same roles, which is bizarre to think about.  I think they were both up for the douchebag student in Scent of a Woman, that Hoffman played.

IIRC, I'd have to dig through my husband's back issues…It's the "Music Issue" and it has a woman with a purple guitar, maybe??? sitting on a slot machine on the cover…Actually, just looked…it's April 2001.

Did anyone read the Playboy interview they gave, just before Newstead left?  Apparently the guy had to interview them separately, and it could not have been a more perfect picture of the guy's personalities you'd always guessed at.