Q 6

PLAYBOY: What would you like to change about yourself?

Jolene Blalock: I would enhance my personality and downsize my libido. I would be Mrs. Personality.

Q 7

PLAYBOY: What are some good uses for used Vulcan ears?

Jolene Blalock: This is our fourth season, and they've always gone into the trash. Not until this year did I realize, Hey, these ears are like a pair of shoes. Now I've started to collect them. It's kind of gross what they turn into, because they're meant for only one day's use. The foam they're made of doesn't preserve well. You have to seal them with something or dip them in chrome.

Q 8

PLAYBOY: What was the worst infection or side effect you endured as a result of wearing Vulcan ears? Did you ever forget to take them off at the end of the day?

Jolene Blalock: Luckily, I've never had a reaction to the ears. Some people are highly allergic to the foam. Once they're on I don't even notice them. But the amount of crap that comes out of my ears.... I know this is gross, but I could be on hiatus for three weeks and stuff would still be coming out of my ears. If I have any ear issues later in life, I'm going to sue somebody.

I did wear the ears down to San Diego once, a two-hour drive, because I wanted to show my nephew.

Q 9

PLAYBOY: Do any actors or politicians come to mind as natural choices to play Vulcans or Klingons?

Jolene Blalock: Mr. Bean, Rowan Atkinson, would make a great Vulcan. How cool would he be? Senator Barbara Boxer could be queen of the Labians. It's like lesbians, isn't it? Or maybe Hillary Clinton could be queen of the lesbians or Labians. Ted Bundy--who was involved in politics before he became a serial killer--could be the Borg. If he killed Hillary, he would have to be the Borg, but he would have to kill in masses.

Q 10

PLAYBOY: T'Pol has her own Star Trek action figure. What did the manufacturer successfully capture about you, and what would you change?

Jolene Blalock: It's amazing how they make these things. They brought a semitruck full of digital apparatus that you stand in. It's a plethora of lights, computers and screens. You step on a platform, and this thing starts to move around you. You step off and watch the screen, and your body comes together in pieces. It's amazing. Unfortunately, when they made the dolls they squished us. We're all a little narrow, so my face is too thin. The head on Scott Bakula's doll doesn't stay up; it's always hanging one way or another.

Q 11

PLAYBOY: You were a fan of the original Star Trek series, and Spock was your favorite character. What qualities does your character share with Spock?

Jolene Blalock: We are know-it-alls. You want to know; we already know. You don't want to know; we still know, and we're going to tell you. And even when you tell us, we'll tell you back, but trust me, we'll tell you better.

Q 12

PLAYBOY: What would Spock and your character be like in bed?

Jolene Blalock: Vulcans are really freaky nasty. You would never know it. You'd think it would go total missionary. But no, we are freaky nasty, dirty nasty and, yeah, funky. If we had a kid, it would look like me with those ears and that hair. We'd name him Vern. "Vern, you little Vulcan." Yeah, Vern.