One-on-One Interview with Dane Cook

Setting records is nothing new for MySpace’s favorite comedian Dane Cook. After spreading his infectious energy to live audiences across the world, and becoming a part of many twenty-something’s everyday vocabulary, Cook is ready to add another skill to his resume-romantic leading man.

Star of the comedy “Employee of the Month,” opening Oct. 6th, Cook said fans will be surprised with the outcome of their favorite storyteller’s departure to the big screen.

“I’m normally tenacious and a ringleader on stage,” Cook said during a recent phone interview.

“You’re going to dig the film, and see a more subtle side.”

The film co-stars Dax Sheppard of “Punk’d” fame as Cook’s co-worker and rival in wooing Amy, played by Jessica Simpson, a girl that is known for only dating employee’s of the month.

Although Cook has had featured roles in the past, most recently in the film “Waiting,,” he has had multiple offers within the past several years for all sorts of films. “Employee of the Month,” however is an example of all the necessary elements falling into place, according to Cook.

“I wanted to wait for the perfect time because I always had stand up to fall back on,” Cook said.

And thanks to Cook’s ever-expanding audience (over 1.5 million MySpace friends and counting) his stand up career has become quite a job to “fall back on.”

What started as a dream in junior high, thanks to classic comics such as Bill Cosby, Eddie Murphy and Steve Martin, has since grown into Cook’s very own empire known as Su-Fi entertainment.

Aside from stand-up, Cook has released two comedy albums, had two gigs as host of Saturday Night Live, starred in his own HBO comedy special “Vicious Circle,” and invited HBO’s cameras along for a sold out, stand-up road trip known as “Tourgasm.”

“I’ve had the luxury of dipping my toe into other fashions of media,” Cook said.