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Krista Allen Interview
STUFF: Describe your childhood in 30 words or less. KRISTA: I was born in Ventura, California, but moved with my parents to Texas when I was a baby. We moved around a lot. If there are 50 cities in Texas, we probably lived in most of them. Because guys were chasing you? [Laughs] I think I’ve used up my 30 words, thank goodness. What kind of guy appeals to you most? There’s something about Southern men. I don’t know what it is. The accent? The charm? The “Southern gentleman” thing? Oh, he doesn’t have to be a gentleman. [Laughs] He just has to be from the South. I think because I have a kind of little-girl quality, I like a manly man. I also like guys who go out and have fun, who are independent. What you can do to turn me off completely is to be clingy, dependent, possessive or crazy. So you want me to let go of your belt? That would be good. [Laughs] No, really, if a guy is into me, I’m like, Let him look, let him play—if he’s going to do something [clingy], it’s his loss. What if you came home and your guy was ogling Stuff? Am I in the issue? No. I wouldn’t react in the slightest. What, a guy is not supposed to look at women? I don’t get the whole concept of jealousy. What odd things do you find sexy? I love quirkiness. Do you only like your lettuce on the side? Got a bad knee? That turns me on. As for physical things, I like great lips. Kissing is big with me. A kiss is like a long, sensuous dance you do with your mouth. What role do you play in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind—a movie about Chuck Barris, that goofy guy who created The Dating Game and The Gong Show but who claims to have had a secret life as a CIA operative? I have a small but pivotal part. I show up at a turning point in Chuck Barris’ life when he wants to be a star so badly, hasn’t gotten near where he wants to be and goes to a party feeling really down. He wanders out to a swimming pool and meets my character, who berates him in a really sweet, stylish way, telling him he’s nothing less than the most despicable force in entertainment. From that point, things start spiraling out of control for him. Whenever a woman tells us we’re despicable, we insist that she’s at least wearing something really hot. Well, then you’d be happy with me. I’m naked in the scene. I guess I’m just the kind of character who decides, Hey, it’s hot. I’m at a party and I want to swim, so I think I’ll just take off all my clothes. I’m never at those parties. Any behind-the-scenes facts you care to tell us about shooting the scene? It was a long night shoot at the Playboy mansion. And I got so tired that I ended up going into the mansion, finding this bedroom with mirrored walls and just climbing into bed. It was a total sex room, but I was alone! That’s probably a first for the mansion. Oh, I lied. I wasn’t alone. My hairdresser came in, too. She wasn’t needed for a while, either. So, OK, I slept with a woman in this great sex room at the Playboy mansion. Did you at least send each other flowers the next morning? It was so not like that. We just slept. All she said was, “Don’t mess your hair.” We just snored. George Clooney directed, coproduced and acted in Confessions. The press said you two were an item. Do you recommend dating someone you’re working with? George and I hung out. We were never in a committed relationship, so working together wasn’t weird. I’ve never been so proud to be part of a movie as this one—it’s so quirky, so not like every movie you’ve seen before. As a director, George is brilliant. He’s also just a great guy. I’ll probably have a crush on him for the rest of my life. What’s your idea of going undercover? Going undercover could be putting on a wig, a different outfit and going out on the town. Of course, getting under the sheets is a real undercover thing. My favorite undercover position is a spoon kind of snuggle—after everything, after you’re so tired that your body’s just limp. Nothing’s better. What’s the story with Anger Management, a flick you’re in with Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson? I play a lesbian porn star whose girlfriend is played by January Jones. We’re totally in love, but we’ve had a little incident that sends us to anger-management class, along with Adam and Jack as the therapist. I have a great scene with Adam where we go on a date to make his girlfriend, played by Marisa Tomei, jealous. It’s very funny. Did you do special research for the role? I don’t think you need to research that. I just pretended that January was a boy. Is there a woman in the world who could make you hop the fence? I’d never hop the fence. I don’t oppose it, but I really like men. Some plastic contraption just wouldn’t be the same. So, Krista, what’s it all about for you these days? Thank God I get cast a lot as “the sexy girl.” But I’d love to play something incredibly real, raw and not glamorized. There’s a lot in here [inside of me]. Just getting people to feel something, to be moved when they see my work. Are people treating you differently now that you’ve done two big-time movies? The movies aren’t out yet, but I was driving out of a gas station today when this husband and wife pulled up honking their horn, saying, “We just want to tell you we love you!” After thanking them, I was like, “Who do you think I am, Liz Hurley?” But they said, “We’ve loved you ever since Days of Our Lives.” After that, I went to a casting for a big movie and they were like, “My God, it’s so nice to meet you.” And now, talking with you—really, this is a great day. When people honk at me leaving a gas station, they usually pull up and say, “Dude, you left your gas tank open.” [Laughs] I’ll bet they say more than that sometimes. Sometimes they throw in an expletive or two, but no, that’s pretty much it. |
