Movieline Talks to Hung's Thomas Jane About His New DVD and Old Penis

Would you conjure your Boogie Nights past and use a prosthetic?

The problem with the big reveal in Hung is that everybody has their own interpretation of what "hung" is. Everyone has an ideal about what the perfect male organ is. And that ideal is different from person to person. Some people like fat; some people like long and thin. Some people want 14 inches, and for some people it's eight. You know what I mean? I don't know. It's a platonic -- in the Plato sense of the word -- ideal. And I don't know if we'd ever live up to it. We'd have to individually make a different penis for everyone. "Choose your own penis" might be a great ending.

Is your character's endowment a hit or a help to your ego?

It does a little bit of both. Thank God I'm married. Some of my single friends are envious. Personally I'm very happily married to one of the most beautiful women on the planet, Patricia Arquette. We've been together almost eight years and she still turns me on, and I couldn't be happier. It's a bit of a pain in the ass, to tell you the truth. People stare at my crotch and I have to tell them I'm up here. It becomes something of a "meat" object. Before this Hung thing, I was very comfortable. I love my penis, and I always have. When you strap a label on yourself, you can never really live up to it. I swear to God I feel like I've gotten smaller since then.

Do you get to taunt your wife since your production schedule is easier? Ten episodes of Hung a season as opposed to Medium's 22?

No taunting required! A one-hour drama, 22-episode arc takes nine months out of the year to shoot, and she is the hardest working woman in show business. Anyone who is the lead of a one-hour drama, shooting 22 episodes, has the hardest episode in showbiz. Every weekend I'm the one who gets up early with our kids. I try to give her as much sleep as she can get. I can put up with it because it takes three-and-a-half months to shoot our show. That woman works her ass off, and my hat's off to her everyday.

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