"At no point did any of the people in that wall of photographers stop to give me a heads-up."
"The studio was determined to have her, and she was determined not to do it," David Frankel recalled ahead of the 15th anniversary of the hit film.
The Entourage star's character has been at the centre of much debate in recent years.
The Oscar-winning actor has admitted she wasn't exactly first in line to play Andy in the 2006 comedy.
Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway are among the other Hollywood figures who have honoured the Canadian actor online.
Call her "anything but Anne," the actor said.