Interview Teen Movieline You´ve read what Rachael Leigh Cook, star of She's All That and the upcoming western Texas Rangers, had to say about fame and dating in Teen Movieline. Now hear what she has to say about auditions, advice, flirting and James Van Der Beek's flaw on Teen Movieline Online. DENNIS HENSLEY: OK, anything new you can tell Teen Movieline Online about James Van Der Beek? RLC: Hmmm...he confessed he had gotten a little bit of ribbing for his horse-riding skills. But he became pretty good at it by the end of filming. DENNIS HENSLEY: Since She's All That, have you been getting a lot more scripts? RLC: Yeah. I had been working steadily before but the things I kept doing never came out. Now people equate something making money with like "Oh, she's good." Hey, I'll take what I can get. DENNIS HENSLEY: What's your philosophy about nudity and sexual situations in movies? RLC: My rule is, if I can't sit at the premiere with my father next to me I won't do it. DENNIS HENSLEY: What's your family's favorite thing that you've done? RLC: They really liked She's All That, but I could do like Ernest Goes to Mars and they'd be like "Oh, it's so good!" They're my parents. DENNIS HENSLEY: What's the best advice your parents have given you? RLC: They always said, "You can do whatever you want to do and be whatever you want to be. " It's true. Some people don't realize that. They box themselves in. People are afraid to think big. DENNIS HENSLEY: You made Blow Dry in London. What's the most fun you had there? RLC: I can go out to clubs there. Here, I'm not old enough. DENNIS HENSLEY: You shot a movie with Elijah Wood playing a cancer patient called The Bumble Bee Flies Anyway. What's going on with that? RLC: I don't think that that will be released anytime soon. I saw a screening of it and I don't know if people are ready for it. It's like go-home-and-slit-your-wrists sad. But Elijah's really good in it. DENNIS HENSLEY: You played Johnathan Taylor Thomas's love interest in Tom and Huck. What was that like? RLC: Fun, but it got me a lot of hate mail. "I can't believe you kissed Johnathan Taylor-Thomas. I hate you. I hope you die." DENNIS HENSLEY: What did you think the first time you saw yourself on the big screen? RLC: I thought, "Oh God, Rachael, stop doing that with your eyebrows." It was like nails-on-chalkboard and I thought, "Not only do I not know what I'm doing, I'm actually very bad. I suck!" Then I started kind of calming down. DENNIS HENSLEY: What's something you're good at that might surprise people? RLC: I can say all the 50 states in alphabetical order. Wanna see? DENNIS HENSLEY: I'll just take your word for it. What's the most you've embarrassed yourself in front of a guy? RLC: Well I wasn't trying to pick him up I was at the yogurt shop and my friend starts talking to Jeff Goldblum, and he asked how old I was and I said, "18 1/2!" Jeff just looked at me like I was smoking so much crack. DENNIS HENSLEY: If you like someone are you a good flirt? RLC: It depends on how much I like them. If I kind of like them, no problem. But if I'm like, "This person is really cool," then I'm not very good. DENNIS HENSLEY: What's been your wackiest star encounter? RLC: When I was shooting this movie Strike in Toronto, we were having like a girl's night slumber party in one of the rooms and I had to go down to my room to get something. It was really late, and I was just in my pajamas, but I thought, "It's just three floors, who could possibly be in the elevator at this hour?" I get in and it's like, "Oh no! That's Marilyn Manson right there, isn't it?" DENNIS HENSLEY: What is the lamest audition you ever had? RLC: The one that stands out was at CBS. I go to meet this guy and when I enter his office I trip over something-probably myself-and spill coffee all over the rug, desk, on the wall, everywhere. And the worst part is that it wasn't even this guy's office; he was borrowing it because his was being painted. So I go back the next week-I had another meeting with another guy-and this new guy says, "Just come in my office" and it's the coffee stained office! We're having a good time, just talking, and he's got these little antique figurines on his desk and I picked one up and then accidentally snapped its arm off! And I'm like, "Oh my God, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry," and he says, "Don't worry about it. Last week some girl was in here and spilled coffee all over the place!" I was so mortified, you don't even know. DENNIS HENSLEY: Did you act like it wasn't you? RLC: Yeah. I was like, "That bitch! Some people!" [Laughs]