Interviewed by Placebo's Brian Molko for "Les Inrockuptibles" magazine, Smith said that Trey Parker and Matt Stone sent him the script, but deliberately left some portions blank "to keep the surprise". He said, "They didn't want anybody to know, they wanted to shock. When I saw myself, I found it surrealistic." In another interview set up by "Entertainment Weekly", he told Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz that the ""Disintegration" is the best album ever!" scene was one of his "greatest moments in life" and described the process: