Playbill

June, 2006

Eric Spitznagel sat down for lunch with Jason Lee and his soup strainer for 20Q. "I met with him at a restaurant just a few blocks from his home. He had that bleary-eyed, just-got-out-of-bed look that people associate with his characters," Spitznagel says. "But that's Jason. He was born to be a little rough around the edges. That's what the audiences want, and that's what he gives them in My Name Is Earl. You can't clean him up, give him a shave and expect audiences not to feel be...