By Thomas Chau in New York City

Over the years, whenever somebody asked me who I thought was the funniest interview ever, I used to say Johnny Knoxville, for I laughed uproarously during the "Men in Black 2" junket. But I think after talking to former SNL star Jimmy Fallon, I have a new bar story to tell.

"Taxi" is Fallon's first movie and therefore, his first ever movie junket. While sitting down at the roundtables, he looks at a huge mic plugged into a 1940s audio box and asks who the geek is with the setup, not knowing that the equipment belongs to the studio. Much like how he is portrayed on SNL, Fallon is extremely witty and sarcastic, and is quick to deliver a laugh whenever needed.

Below, Jimmy talks about post-SNL life as he stars as a bumbling cop in "Taxi" alongside Queen Latifah.

Q: Do you see a difference in doing comedy in a film versus doing Saturday Night Live?

JIMMY: Yeah. I do, actually. Saturday Night Live, you know if it’s good or bad immediately. The audience is like, “That’s not funny. We’re not going to laugh at that.” A movie, you make and you wait a year for it to come out and then you do press for weeks and hope it’s good and you’ll see eventually what audiences see. It’s very nervewracking. You don’t know if it’s going to work or not. It’s not up to you; it’s up to the audience. It’s not like the immediacy of live TV where you go “That ain’t good.”

Q: Are you going to miss Saturday Night Live?

JIMMY: Yeah, I miss it already. I always miss it over the summer anyway. It’s like school. Like high school. It’s even more like grade school because you come back with new shoes, new haircut, new lunchbox and you go, “Hey what’s up? How was your summer?” I didn’t hang out much with the cast because I like to save it for when we’re working and writing. I’m going to miss those nights staying over and going out drinking with the guys and girls. They got a tight cast. It’s going to be good but I’m definitely going to be sad. I’m not going to stop by too soon. It’s one of those things where you’re like, “Yeah, let us miss you first. And then you come by and make a guest appearance.” Or maybe I’ll roam the halls and they’ll be like, “God, is he here again? What is he doing?” I’m definitely going to miss it. I gotta call Tina up. I have some ideas for jokes. I have a couple already. Like Seinfeld’s doing a thing, a Thanksgiving special for NBC. A man’s gotta eat. That’s good right? He’s gotta eat now.

Q: You must get so many great offers, what made you pick this one?

JIMMY: You know what? I read it a long time ago. The writers are good guys; Ben Garant and Tom Lennon. They were on “Reno 911” and “The State.” I read it and thought that it was pretty funny. It’s like an action buddy comedy. I always kinda wanted to do one because I was always a big fan of Eddie Murphy. I know that was his first movie after “Saturday Night Live’. I was just looking for the right one and just didn’t feel like it. Then I heard Latifah was looking at it cause they wanted two guys originally. But I heard Latifah was in it and was like “Really? Let me reread the thing.” So I reread it and I go I can see this being really cool. They geared it towards rewriting it more towards her. Then I heard Tim Story was going to direct, who did “Barbership,” which I thought was hilarious. This seems like a puzzle I want to be a piece in. I think I like this. I think I want to be involved with this. I met them and got along with everybody. Latifah hosted the show. That’s when I first met her and she was a blast to everybody. She was nice to everybody. She got comedy. She understood it. She got it immediately and I was like “I would love to work with her again.” We just started clicking and I haven’t seen the movie and how they edited and what’s going one and so it’s another thing out of my control. Someone told me they were clapping and I was like “Yes!” I tried clapping in “The Passion of the Christ.” Doesn’t really go well.

Q: Being a New Yorker yourself, do you have any crazy cab stories?

JIMMY: Yeah, it happens everyday. I remember a guy had a name like Osama bin something and I was like, “You’ve had to have a bad day.” I just tipped that dude, gave him double tip, and was like “That’s cool, that’s cool. I know, I know. You don’t have to tell me.”

Then there’s the guy that’s drunk that wants to drive through red lights at 4 in the morning. “Want to see how fast I can go?” “Why not man?”

Then there’s the classic guy who gets in an argument with you.

"Just take 3rd Avenue.”

(in accent) “How the fuck do you want to do 3rd avenue? It’s fucking packed. What do you want to do? We go to other avenue and take 5th.”

“No, I don’t want to take 5th, I want to take 3rd.”

(in accent) “What the fuck? You want me to go long way? Through traffic? Fine, you want this? You want shit? You want bad? Fine, I give you bad.”

“Yes, I want bad. I want bad. So go down 3rd avenue.”

I always tip taxi drivers all the time no matter what they do because I know they just put up with a lot even though they’re lunatics. But a lot of lunatics must get in their cabs.

Q: Did anybody help you with your Cuban accent in the beginning of the movie?

JIMMY: You know what? It’s so weird, I went to a voice coach for eight months. No, just joking. I actually rented “Serpicio” because I thought that was something my character would watch. Then I watched “Scarface,” so it was a Pacino marathon. That was fun to do that, just over the top. And at the end, I’m like a Russian cop dude. I ended up like Ben Affleck. The crazy goatee. It was just fun. We got a lot of good characters to work around and work off. Henry Simmons was fun. Jennifer Esposito was great.

Q: Can you talk about “Fever Pitch”?

JIMMY: Yeah definitely. The Farrelly Brothers are directing it. I’m with Drew Barrymore. It's really fun. I've been in Boston the past two weeks at Fenway during playoff time and it's unbelievably awesome. I'm just having a blast. And Drew Barrymore’s just – I really lucked out with my co-stars. Queen Latifah and Drew Barrymore? You can’t think of two nicer people. I really lucked out.

Q: Has Boston and the fans at Fenway Park been good to you guys?

JIMMY: They’ve been great to us. We film after the games. And actually, we did a couple of shots during the games. We didn't want to bother anybody, but in between innings we'd run in, sit down, then the camera guys in front of us would start. And we'd just watch a couple innings. That's the first time I think they've ever done something like that in any movie; where we have actual fans around us. No actors. And they're amazing, these fans. They could give a crap about the movie. They love sports in Boston.

Q: Any memorable experiences?

JIMMY: We did one thing I will never forget, though I will probably see you guys again at next year's roundtables. We asked [the fans] to stay [at the end of a game.] “We're filming the movie 'Fever Pitch' starring Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon and directed by the Farrelly Brothers and we'd ask you all to stay for the final scene of the movie.” Drew has to run across the field and I see her and she falls in my arms and we kiss. Everyone stayed. 35,000 people stayed!It was the most memorable moment I every had. It was so emotional and cool. I just ran across the field and everyone was cheering. It was exactly like watching the end of Rocky or something. And I was like, 'Hey! I'm kind of Rocky!' This is great.'"

"Taxi" opens in limited release today; wide on Friday.