Q 13

PLAYBOY: You have the most luminescent skin on television. Which skin-care products would you put your name on?

Christina Applegate: Sea Breeze, definitely. That's the stuff that works for me. I was going to say something really disgusting. There's a certain fluid that's been known to get rid of acne, and it's the first thing that came to my mind, if you want to know the truth. I know a guy who says that when he was a kid he had really bad acne and at night, after he finished doing "that thing you do," he would, instead of wiping it off, put it on his face. It dried up his acne.

Q 14

PLAYBOY: When was the last time you saw a scene with nudity that made sense in a movie?

Christina Applegate: The end of Boogie Nights is the only one I've ever seen that made sense. The payoff was Mark Wahlberg standing there with his schlong. To me, nudity usually isn't necessary.

Q 15

PLAYBOY: When actors do a nude scene for the wrong reasons, who looks more ridiculous--the man or the woman?

Christina Applegate: The man. If he's nude, oh, he definitely looks more ridiculous. I love the male body, but, you know, it definitely looks sillier.

Q 16

PLAYBOY: Play Mr. Blackwell for a moment. Who needs a makeover?

Christina Applegate: Anna Nicole Smith, definitely. She's a buxom blonde, and there's a way to be one that isn't, you know, frightening. Some colors you just don't wear--like bright turquoise. But I think she looks amazing right now.

Q 17

PLAYBOY: How high is your monthly cellular phone bill?

Christina Applegate: Pretty high. I have no idea of the exact amount, but I know it's high because I get on the phone just to get through traffic. I'm pretty much on the phone the whole time I'm in the car, which is not good. It's not like I call New York or anything, though I have called Hawaii. But I don't think my bill would shock anyone. I think it's normal.

Q 18

PLAYBOY: How do you signal your sexual readiness?

Christina Applegate: The signal is like, yeah, how inappropriate is it at that moment. What's the most bizarre place you can do it? How about in a church, which I have never done and probably won't ever, but I think that would be the most bizarre place to do it. A Catholic church, preferably in Rome.

Q 19

PLAYBOY: There's a waste of time and a total waste of time. Which do you still permit yourself?

Christina Applegate: Bikini waxing is a total waste of time. It hurts. Why do it? Just a waste of time would be grocery shopping. I don't do that anymore, either. When I had a lovely assistant, she used to do it. Laundry is a total waste of time. I refuse to have anyone else do my laundry, and I will stay at home for seven hours to do it. It's horrible and everyone knows that if it's laundry day, they have to come over and take care of me. It's the most miserable day of my life, and it's coming up on Sunday. I have a laundry chute, and the problem is that the laundry is hidden, so you don't know what's happening. I had a two-story laundry day two weeks ago. Six loads. Each load took an hour and a half to dry because it was so huge. I was at home all day.

Q 20

PLAYBOY: Let's say you have a daughter, and she sees Married With Children. Do you have a speech prepared?

Christina Applegate: They made me do it. They put a gun to my head. This is what bad taste is all about, sweetheart. That would be how not to dress. It's all about the clothes. It always comes back to that for me. Halloween every day.

Read, read, read, darling. You must always read. Keep learning. I don't even remember that show, it was so long ago. It's hard to even go back there. Not that it was a bad thing, but I don't even remember. It was years ago and I don't recall anything about it, really. I have one of those memories--I think it was affected by too much Equal or something. I just don't remember a thing about that time in my life.