Imagine you’re a Penguins fan. You’ve seen Sidney Crosby live on television countless times. You have incredible memories of him hoisting the Stanley Cup – young, effervescent smile from cheek-to-cheek.

Then you see Crosby in person. It’s just weird. You feel like you know him, just because you’ve seen him so many times on television and live at games. But you don’t know him at all.

That’s how it probably is for fans of the hipster cult flick “The Room” when they meet Greg Sestero. Many of them have seen the film upwards of 50 times. They laugh at lines, throw spoons at the screen and scream mantras.

And then you meet the man himself, and realize he’s a guy, trying to make a living, putting his pants on one leg at a time like the rest of us.

Sestero is one of the main actors in that film, which has been called the “Citizen Kane” of bad movies, a film so impressively awful in its hilarity that it’s tough to emulate. It has achieved a cult following, bringing in a growing rank of revelers, who include the likes of actors James Franco, Paul Rudd and Kristin Bell.

Recently, the native of Walnut Creek, Calif. Wrote a tell-all book about “The Room” called "The Disaster Artist: My Life inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made."

It's a quite impressive and fun read that lends to friendship and finding you can realize your dreams even in failure. Oh and it's also hilarious.

He has been touring the world talking about the book, reading snippets and performing lines from the movie’s original screenplay, written, directed, produced and starring the mysterious Tommy Wiseau.

Since we here at Puck Daddy are big fans of this movie, and the subsequent book, we sat down with Sestero at Belcourt Theater in Nashville before a reading to ask him about hockey, and a few other sport items.

Q: Do you have a favorite hockey memory? 

Greg Sestero: When the Los Angeles Kings were down 3-0 to the Sharks this past playoff and they came back and won. I thought that was incredible. I think the Kings beating the Sharks was my favorite memory.

The California Golden Seals were gone from Oakland in 1976. I believe that was a couple of years before you were born. Were your parents diehard Seals fans?

I think my dad was mainly a San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Athletics fan, so I don’t think they saw too much hockey. But I remember when the Sharks first started and they were a big thing. They weren’t good until I left for Los Angeles (in the late 90s), and then they started getting good.

What do you remember when the Sharks started? Were you a fan?

I went to one game, and the only other time I went to the (SAP Center) was for a George Strait Concert. But people were really into them.

Do you have a favorite hockey movie? “Slapshot” seems to be the popular choice amongst most.

It’s kind of embarrassing, but I would have to say “Youngblood.”

“Youngblood?” Have you seen any of the “Mighty Ducks” trilogy?

I think I saw the first one

Did it make an impression on you at all?

I always wanted to try playing hockey, and they always made it look so easy, but as soon as I put on the skates, I felt like I was going to collapse at any point.

How many times have you skated? 

Three or four times. And the one time I remember the most was when I hurt my thumb doing something, and I was skating and falling to brace myself and ended up breaking my thumb.

Did you have a favorite hockey player growing up?

I would say probably Wayne Gretzky. He was the Michael Jordan or the Joe Montana of the sport.

In “The Room” there is some athletic activity with footballs. Your throwing motion seems effortless. Did you emulate Montana in your approach?

I always threw a football and played quarterback when I was younger. Playing football is one of my favorite things to do.

Were you self-conscious throwing a football with Tommy from three-feet apart?

When you’re that close, you can’t really throw the ball. So I worked on it and really perfected it. He shot-puts it. For him it kind of looks the same. One of the funniest things was watching him play football for the first time. He had no idea how to throw it, so he was really into it.

Why footballs and not hockey pucks in the movie? Is Tommy a hockey fan?

He likes hockey. But I think he sees football as the cool, American sport.

Did you ever see Tommy play hockey?

He was really into rollerblading, so I could see him playing street hockey. I would pay to see that.

Do you  have any other Sharks memories?

Didn’t the Sharks go almost all the way?

Many times

I always feel like they would get close and lose. That’s when I started noticing them. And the Kings, they had never won, and then won in 2012. I think being in Los Angeles there’s more concentrated hockey fans. The fact that they play at Staples Center means the fans are around a lot more.

It seems like you identify more with the Kings than the Sharks

I feel like I have more loyalty to Bay Area teams, so I would probably say more the Sharks, but the Kings are covered more, so I’m more aware of what they’re doing.