Q 1

PLAYBOY: You play strong, in-control Sub-Commander T'Pol on Star Trek: Enterprise. If she faced off against a female character from Star Wars, who would it be, and who would kick ass?

Jolene Blalock: Star Wars doesn't have many females, because the later movies are computer-animated. I remember wondering as I watched them, Where are the actors? If Princess Leia took on T'Pol, T'Pol would probably order someone to defend her. Then Princess Leia would take off one of her hair buns and toss it like a ninja--a slicing, razor-sharp Frisbee-type Cinnabon. That might actually be interesting.

Q 2

PLAYBOY: You have a couple of love scenes in your new film, Slow Burn. Who would be in your ultimate love scene, where would it take place, and what would you be doing?

Jolene Blalock: It would have to be in a psychological thriller with Gary Oldman. The female would be the unwitting victim, much like the kind Michelle Pfeiffer usually plays. Oldman would play the guy you don't want to like but do anyway. Kind of like Dracula--you're scared of him, but at the same time there's something you're attracted to.

Q 3

PLAYBOY: You've said you like other cool, brilliant, almost insane men, such as Sean Penn. Where's the line between almost insane and insane?

Jolene Blalock: Almost insane is a guy who's had a little too much to drink and is lying in the gutter with a party hat on. Insane is the guy without the party hat, and it's noon. At noon it's scary.

It works, believe it or not, because women are caretakers. We're nurturers. So these guys who are brilliant--and they're geniuses in only one area--can't balance their home life, and that's where a woman comes in. That's where they need you. They can't live without you, and they love you. I've got that now. My husband, Michael, is a genius at what he does, but when he comes home he needs me. He loves me. So my strategy works.

Q 4

PLAYBOY: Hollywood is the land of nip and tuck. Who has overdone it? Who needs more work?

Jolene Blalock: Farrah Fawcett overdid it. Why can she move only one side of her face? Whenever she smiles, she turns in complete profile to the side that can smile. I don't understand that. Peter Jackson, the director of The Lord of the Rings, needs more. He is such a scruffy guy. He just does not care.

Q 5

PLAYBOY: Overall, is there more nipping than tucking, or vice versa?

Jolene Blalock: There should be more sipping and sucking. Let's have free love. Let's bring it back. Hippies, come on.