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James explained he was in acting class at the time, and would practice his accents on his customers.

Accent aficionado: The Freaks and Geeks star would pick up women who believed his fake accents were authentic

While the Why Him? star admitted the dialects were awful, women would believe they were real.

'I'd always know that they were interested 'cause they'd come back around,' he told the publication.

The Academy Award nominee said there were only certain accents he could actually follow through with.

Caught in the act: James would get exposed when he'd answer the phone without an accent

'There were a couple, I guess, with my Irish accent or, like, my Brooklyn accent—those I could go out on dates with. You know, we went to see Titanic, and I had to keep it up,' he remembered.

The brunette revealed he'd get caught in the lies while answering his phone in the days before caller ID.

'It was always the worst, as if I was this huge imposter,' he confessed.

Star-studded spread: The Spring Breakers alum appeared in W magazine's August issue along with Nicole Kidman, Milo Ventimiglia, and cover star Charlize Theron

The 127 Hours alum joined stars like Nicole Kidman, Milo Ventimiglia, and more for W's portfolio on TV's hottest stars.

While his accent training backfired during those dates, James told the publication that it actually helped with his role in the upcoming HBO series, The Deuce, which is centered on the rise of the pornography industry in New York.

'I play twins, they're both from Brooklyn. So it turns out all that training at McDonald's, this kid from Palo Alto pretending he's from Brooklyn, it actually worked out. I probably wouldn't be on The Deuce or I wouldn't be as good on The Deuce had I not gone on all those dates as [snaps fingers] this guy from Brooklyn who works at McDonald's,' he clarified.

The thespian also told the interviewer he was deeply moved watching Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway.

While he admitted to 'bawling' through every song, one of the most memorable moments for James was when the show's star, Ben Platt, spit on rude audience members during the production.

'Ben comes up, and he goes to the mic, and he hawks the biggest loogie, like, right on the foot of or off the stage. ... So I go see him after. I'm like, "Man, great show. What was up with that spitting part?" Ben was like, "Oh, those girls were talking the whole time. I was trying to make eye contact with them, and they wouldn't shut up. So I just spit on 'em."'

Award accident: The former Academy Awards host applauded the way the La La Land producers reacted to the 2017 Best Picture flub

The former Oscars host also sounded off on the live mix-up regarding the 2017 award for Best Picture.

For the night's biggest honor, presenters mistakenly announced La La Land the winner, when the title actually went to Moonlight.

'To just handle that pressure, I mean, I gotta hand it to the producers of La La Land, you know what I mean? When you're in that moment [at the 2017 Oscars] and it's just elation, but then it just becomes something else,' he said.