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Both Joel McHale, current host of The Soup, and Hal Sparks, former host of The Soup's predecessor, Talk Soup, make hilarious cameo appearances in Spider Man 2.
Joel's first national commercial was for the Ford Aspire in 1993.
Joel: It's important to have the right agent -- people that are working hard for you. But an actor needs to be in control of their career no matter how good the representation is.
Joel: You have to have talent. You have to get the audition and then you have to nail the audition.
Joel: Hopefully when I do auditions I do the best I can do at the time. That's all I have control over.
Joel: Once you've been booked, people in Hollywood say, Oh he must be good. All the while you're the same actor.
Joel: Follow what your head is telling you and work hard. That's the big secret.
Joel: People might say it came easy for me. The fact is, I've worked hard on every role. I prepare for each audition -- take the script, read it and see where the characters fall into context.
Joel: 'Almost Live' allowed me to take chances and try things you can't do on national television. It allowed me to screw up.
Joel will host "The People's Movie Project", a project that allows members of the general public to participate in the production of a movie.
Joel has made guest-starring appearances on Will and Grace, and Diagnosis: Murder.
Joel played basketball in high school, but didn't want to play in college, because he was too big, and he thought the coach would just use him as an enforcer.
According to Joel, his most glorious college football moment was Skit Night, where he played the team doctor.
Joel claims he lied his way onto the University of Washington football team, since he never played in high school.
Joel ran the 40 yard dash in 4.6 seconds.
Joel quit the University of Washington rowing team because he was involved in a confrontation with a senior on a team during his freshman year.
Joel was recruited by the University of Washington to be on the rowing team.
Joel weighed 250 pounds as a college football player.
Joel is 6 feet, 4 inches tall.
Joel has run a marathon in 3 hours and 6 minutes.
Joel: If you have a dream, just lie about it. Lie your way unto your dreams.
Joel interviewed all three American Idol judges for the American Idol website.
Joel claims he was just a "punching bag" when he played college football.
McHale attended the University of Washington as an undergraduate from 1991-95.
Joel left Washington for California because the acting opportunities were slim in Washington at the time.
Joel's advice for budding actors is to "Act good."
Joel: I don't think the NFL had the slightest intention of taking me, except as maybe a water boy.
Joel says his time with Theatersports was an excellent way to develop his acting skills.
Joel's first acting experience was with the improv comedy group TheaterSports.
Joel: It's an awesome thing to be flung out onto the stage twice a weekend in front of 250 people, and you have to make it up as you go along.
Joel started with Almost Live as an intern, before becoming a cast member.
Joel studied history as an undergraduate at University of Washington because he had little faith in the drama program.
Since he was one of the youngest members of "Almost Live!", Joel often played in his words, "weird, drugged out punks."
Joel not only acted, but also wrote skits for the sketch show "Almost Live!"
Joel completed the Actors Training Masters Program at The University of Washington in 2000.