"I love talking about myself," she smiles. She isn't kidding. But Boyle's shoot-from-the hip attitude is refreshing. There's no tiptoeing around subjects - she's game to talk about anything…just be ready for her answers.

It's early in the morning, especially by Hollywood standards, but you couldn't tell it by looking at Boyle. She's flawless. From her impeccably applied makeup, highlighting her icy blue eyes and chiseled cheekbones, to her bouncy raven locks and stylish form-fitting white pants and Pucci-style top, she looks and plays the part of a movie star.

And that's fitting as she makes the leap from TV star (she plays Helen Gamble on "The Practice") to star of a blockbuster movie franchise, "Men In Black II."

With teacup in hand, Boyle kicks back to discuss her character (she plays ubervillainess Serleena), co-stars (who did she dub Mr. Movie Pants?), revealing costumes and real-life companions. Read on…

ZAP2IT: Director Barry Sonnenfeld said that initially he thought you were too slight for the part. You looked pretty good in the lingerie that we saw.
BOYLE: The magic of movies. I can pull it off.

ZAP2IT: Did you get a kick out of playing a Victoria Secret model?
BOYLE: I loved it. I look at those catalogues and think: These women don't exist, and if they do, I don't want to run into them. (laughs) I had the best hair and makeup, the best special effects. I loved being able to pull that off because that's not something that comes naturally to me. I loved the boobs.

ZAP2IT: Did you keep the lingerie?
BOYLE: We call that rigging. Trust me, it wasn't lingerie. There is no way that you could wear that ever without a crew around you because it's not what you think. Trust me.

ZAP2IT: How fun is it to play the villain?
BOYLE: It's the best. I had the best role in the movie. I got to freeload off the success of the first one. I got to relax in terms that this was Will and Tommy's movie, and I got to come in and have the best role. I had the greatest dialogue, wore the coolest clothes... My biggest job was reminding myself that I was at work.

ZAP2IT: You came in at the eleventh hour. Was that difficult?
BOYLE: I did. I had two days to prepare. But that was good for me. Sometimes when you're just thrown into something, you are more ready for it than when you have time to think it over and get nervous about it. So I was able to just jump in.

ZAP2IT: Could you get any further away from "The Practice"?
BOYLE: Not if I tried. And I wasn't trying. I watched the first movie and I auditioned the old-fashioned way for Barry Sonnenfeld and I wasn't trying to strategize - "this is my career needs" - that very seldom happens. You go where the work is. I'm Irish so I attribute it to luck.

ZAP2IT: What was the secret to making those weird things come out of your fingers? You never saw them, did you?
BOYLE: No, I never did. I spent every day just praying that I didn't look like a big dork on camera. I had to have a lot of blind faith in the director. They'd show me pictures, and sketches of what the finished product would look like. But I thought: Oh, boy. I hope this turns out because I really don't want to look like a big ass.

ZAP2IT: Tommy Lee Jones has the aura of being an intimating person. What's he really like?
BOYLE: He's so super cool. You have some actors that have a trainer and they get a special haircut to look macho and they have the acting coach to be macho for a part. But Tommy Lee Jones is just smooth. He's just the real deal. I'm captivated by him because there's so little of that in Hollywood, and he just embodies it.

ZAP2IT: And Will?
BOYLE: Will is about as perfect as they come. I'm not kidding you. My mom always says, "To make people feel good about themselves is a gift," and he makes you feel good about yourself. He's incredibly talented. He's well-read. He's so kind to people. I did his first movie with him eight or nine years ago ("Where The Day Takes You"), and he's hasn't changed a bit. He's disgustingly perfect.

ZAP2IT: Do you have any good Johnny Knoxville stories?
BOYLE: I do. I was watching "Jackass" the night before a day at work, and his friends had put him in a cardboard box and pushed him down three staircases just for a laugh. I thought: "That's got to hurt." The next day he was standing next to me while we were shooting a scene, and in the end of shot all he had to do is fall out of the frame. I've done that. I look over and he has had them put tons of padding down and a stunt man is below him. And I said, "Oh, Mr. Movie Pants now. Just the other day there was no padding, and now you're a big movie star. How quickly it changes."

ZAP2IT: What was it like working with Barry?
BOYLE: He's like Disneyland on acid. He's delightful. He's truly a savant and he'd never let you know it. I respect anyone who is that smart and doesn't need to wear it on their sleeve. He directs his actors and that might sound like a typical thing but that's a rarity with a lot of directors. He is very caring and good to his actors. I set out to be simple in this movie -- direct and straightforward -- and I achieved that because of him. He knew that's what I wanted and he did his job and protected me.

ZAP2IT: You mentioned your mother. Has she been a big influence on you?
BOYLE: Yes. People say to me, "Well, what is she to you?" I answer, "Well, I guess people use the term loosely, but she's my mom."

ZAP2IT: Do you rely on her for advice?
BOYLE: Absolutely. You know, the bigger you get and the more success you have, the more people you can fill your house with to tell you how great you are. You can do that. You can get through your whole day only around people who will tell you that you're wonderful. But pretty soon they're going to have to be lying about that. I know that I'm getting the real deal with my mom. I know that she's telling it like it is. She's proud of me when I've earned it and she's disappointed in me when I've earn that. She's really my spectrum on where I am as a person.

ZAP2IT: What about the men in your life? Does she go down the list and say, "Yes" and "No"?
BOYLE: Ummm. (pauses) She encourages me to be with people who she feels are as smart as me. That's the only note I've ever gotten.

ZAP2IT: Because there's a pretty impressive list.
BOYLE: And I'm pretty smart. (laughs) She comes from the Midwest. She had me at a very young age and raised me on her own. She's a very hard worker. She says to me, "You're living the dream and I don't want you to ever forget that. And I don't want you to take that for granted, but I want you to take advantage of that." So she helps me do that.

ZAP2IT: What kind of work did she do while she was raising you?
BOYLE: She had three jobs. She cleaned an office building at night; she worked at a very nice clothing story during the day; then she would do people's taxes on the weekends. She's a pretty hard worker for no fame, no pictures in magazines and no free dresses.

ZAP2IT: You've invested so much in your career. Would you take time out for marriage and a family?
BOYLE: No. (laughs) That would be boring.

ZAP2IT: You're kidding, right?
BOYLE: No, I'm not. I love children and I love men, but I can't commit to either for the rest of my life. I am a very selfish person. I had such a great mom and I know that I'd never be that mom. I wouldn't want to bring a child into this world unless I could be. I think the institution of marriage is a great idea, but for me it's just an idea. And I don't believe that women can successfully have it all. I really don't. I am very fortunate to have a career. I always have to act. I don't know if I'll have a career to support it for the rest of my life, but I know I'll always act.

ZAP2IT: Do you think that men can have it all?
BOYLE: Absolutely. Don't get me wrong, I love men. I'm not some man-hater. But I think they can. It's been said a million times, but it's true. And I think women have come a very, very long way, but they have a long way to go.

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