i remember, i -- we saw your audition, cause me, higgins, and schumacher watched all the auditions.ah, he does not like pepper at all. >> jimmy: how does he do it? >> it smells like pepper up in here. [ laughter ] i worked at a -- [ laughter ] it sounds so stupid when you say it alone. >> jimmy: he keeps harping on it, though. >> yeah, cause it smells like pepper everywhere he goes. it's a problem that he has. he can't get away from it. >> jimmy: "i can't believe it smells so much like pepper." >> yeah, he will stop in mid sentence. it's just like, "so, what would you like? it smells like pepper up in here." [ laughter ] very, very -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that made me laugh. then, how did you think that you would ever play snooki? and why would you play snooki? >> i remember i was sitting at home while watching tv. i turned on my tv, and the second i turned it on, a girl got punched in the face. and i wrote down on the piece of paper, "italian girl gets punched in the face." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, i -- and then you go, i want to play that. >> and then i found out who she was