Articles/Interviews: Seventeen

Gig: Actor, who's crushing on 'My So-Called Life's A.J. Langer in 'Meet the Deedles', about dumb-and-dumber twins, Phil (Paul) and Stew (Steve Van Wormer) and their excellent Yellowstone Park adventure. This fall, you see Paul in "Pleasantville' with Reese Witherspoon and Toby Maguire, and as the guy in 'Two Girls' with Claire Danes.

Birthday: September 12, which makes 24 year old Paul a Virgo.

Lovematches: Cancer, Scorpio, and Taurus.

Status: Single

Smiles, everyone: Off the set, Paul's seeking a leading lady with, "a great smile, a sense of humor, and family values-and she has to be into having kids someday, so she can't mind getting a little dirty.

Catch phrases: Paul's surfspeak in 'Meet the Deedles' is au naturel. "Dude rolls out of my mouth all the time. It's bad," says Paul. "I'll meet a casting director and I'll say, 'Hey how's it goin', dude?' and I'll be totally pegged as a California surfer boy."

Eat like a bird: For a worm snarfing scene in 'Meet the Deedles', Paul and A.J. ate the real McCoy. "We said, 'Let's use real ones.' And next thing, we were shoving big-daddy night crawlers in our faces. It was raunchy, but at least crushed Oreos were used for dirt...

Comparison stopper: Showbiz buzz says that Paul's handsome mug will make him the next Brad Pitt. "I don't listen to that stuff," he insists. "It's flattering but it's weird. I mean, Brad Pitt-he's a total stud, way good looking and cool, too. "I'm just Paul."

More than pretty: "I don't want to be looked at as a hack. I want people like De Niro-people I respect- to think I deserve to be where I'm at. I want to be a Leonardo DiCaprio.