In Blowing Smoke, Eyal plays Bob, the improbably fit and toothsome PBS documentarian who narrates the action. He was nice enough to answer a few questions:

• I'm told that the key to a celebrity interview is putting the subject at ease right off the bat, so here's my first question: As a hot young actor, you get to kiss pretty girls all day and then write off the Chapstick on your taxes. Do you really think that's fair to the rest of us?

  Despite what you may think, we actors pay a high price for getting to "write off the Chapstick." Before our lips even meet the actresses, they've been planted on the asses of every producer, casting director, and director in town. And let me just tell you, they are not all lookers. Getting rejected 25 to 30 times before getting 1 job should have its rewards.

• In your role as Lawson the WWII submarine vamp on Angel (Episode 5.13, "Why We Fight"), you had to tread a fine line. You had to be the bad guy, stringing up the supporting cast with piano wire as they stood tippy-toe on rolling office chairs. On the other hand, you had to make the audience see your point of view: Try as he might, Angel still isn't a very nice guy. What do you think of my brilliant and strangely sexy observation?

  On Angel, it was difficult to try to get the sympathy. After all, I'm a vampire, and a guest star to boot. Fans of Joss Whedon shows can be a bit obsessive, so it's nearly impossible to win them over. I liked what I did on the show, but most of the fans felt I was talking too much, and wanted to know what happened to Charisma Carpenter in the previous episode.

• You're starring in the brand new ABC Family movie Pizza My Heart, also starring Shiri Appleby and Dan Hedaya. What do you like on your pizza?

  Pizza My Heart is a perfect little family movie. It works really well in the genre and is tonally sound, with laughs, a little emotion, and a lot of cheese, so to speak. I like two pizzas: pepperoni and jalapeno, and eggplant parmesan.

• In Blowing Smoke, your character uses the camera lens as a shield to protect himself from the consequences of the human drama playing out before him. Do you own a video camera, and if so, what kind?

  I do own a video camera, bought it 3 years ago for a trip to India. It's a little single CCD Sony DV handycam. Does what it needs to. Of course, if I had the money, I would have got the $3,000 24p mini-HD cam. But at the time, it was all I could afford. It's amazing what is out there for aspiring young filmmakers.

• Finally, what's next for Eyal Podell?

  Next for Eyal is more ass-kissing, groveling, auditioning, and hopefully, landing a good job. Maybe one of the indie films that seem to live in perpetual post-production hell will finally see the light of day. Hopefully, I'll get a nice teeny-bopper following from the ABC Family movie and get a TV series. Or maybe I'll go to graduate school, get an MBA, and take back Hollywood from the Wall Street brain trust that lacks an ounce of creativity and keeps shoving remakes and "tent-poles" down our throats.

I've never had a remake shoved down my throat, but from my brief stint in front of the camera, I can tell you that those "tent-poles" will have you reaching for the Chloraseptic. And on that awful note, a big thanks to Eyal for being a good sport and putting up with my stupid questions!