Interview with The Room‘s Tommy Wiseau

[Editor's Note: To learn more about The Room, check out Rabid Nick's Tuesday post on the film.]

Getting inside the head of any film director — let alone one as enigmatic as Tommy Wiseau — can be a daunting challenge. Speaking to me about his cult hit The Room, Mr. Wiseau would not talk about the film's financing or any potential profit. Little is known of his country of birth or much of his background. Tommy Wiseau is a mystery, and that's how the director likes it.

In my interview with Wiseau, I was able to peer a bit behind the curtain at one of Hollywood's most infamous filmmakers. What I found was … How do I put this? What I found was difficult to understand.

Room fans, this is the interview you have been waiting for. Everyone else, hold on tight. Tommy Wiseau in his own words, after the jump …

This article appears in Jan 20-26, 2010.