Actor Kal Penn often lets fans down when they realize he isn’t the “stoner” he portrays on the big screen.

The Asian-American star of the Harold & Kumar films is often high on screen, but he insists he has never so much as smoked a joint in real-life.

Penn says, “It’s sad for the people who offer me a joint because I don’t smoke weed in real life. I was also a vegetarian when we shot the first movie (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle)–and that was about burgers.

“I don’t go out of my way to tell people I was a vegetarian or that I don’t smoke weed, because I don’t want them to be disappointed.

“If you want to keep the suspension of disbelief, that’s OK, but then sometimes it’s weird.”

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