So, has everyone been telling you that you steal the movie?

Yeah, no. I don't know. [Laughs.] They've been very complimentary.

You've played a lot of dorky girls in movies and on Buffy, so it was nice to see this character buck against that stereotype a little bit. Is that what drew you to the role?

Yeah. Well, I love the fact that all of her dialogue was written in question form. I love that. Because I immediately heard the voice. I loved that. And then with the payoff, I was just immediately dedicated to trying to get this job. Ohhh! I wanted it so desperately.

Were you put off at all by the film's raunchy humor?

No, that's so my sense of humor. I'm all about shock value. I love that. This is right up my alley.

Did you ever play a musical instrument in real life?

I played the clarinet in junior high school, and I never practiced. My friends and I would just goof off so we quit.

What's your most embarrassing sexual moment?

Wow. I don't know. My most embarrassing sexual moment — I don't know. I guess when you're first starting out … [Laughs.] It's pretty embarrassing. When I was younger, my first experience was embarrassing in general because I didn't know my body. I was very self-conscious, and you know, it's painful! But there isn't one actual incident that's still haunting me.

Did you ever do anything to try and get a guy's attention and fail miserably?

My first love. I was so infatuated with him. And we were just friends. So there were just years of me pining over him. Eventually we hooked up, but I don't know, it was just one of those growing things that you have to experience. But I look back at my beginning sex years, and I'm just like, "I was so awful! Oh my god! I had no idea what I was doing!" I had no idea what sex was about. If I knew then what I know now, imagine what I could know today.

After you first had sex, what were you feeling?

I was sort of like, "OK, well that hurt." [Laughs.] You know, it was all right. It wasn't great, by any means. But the more you learn, the better it gets.

Do you like music while you're having sex?

I love music. Actually, just recently, I was listening to the Jackson Five! And my boyfriend came home, and I was showering, and it was just like, Jackson Five is a little odd to have sex to. And I was just thinking, "I just don't know if I need to have little Michael Jackson in there," but it was fun. It's always fun. I have such an eclectic taste for music. It's great because sex should be fun. And it shouldn't be like, "Oh we have to play Enya, and it has to be perfect and romantic and yada, yada, yada." You should be able to have sex to the Jackson Five and appreciate that. It was the greatest hits, of course.

Do you have a favorite teen movie?

See, my favorite teen movie would be Say Anything. Uh! It's like, John Cusack, why didn't you go to my school? But bottom line, those films taint high school because there is no John Cusack in high school and he was probably in his mid-20s when he played that with such sensitivity. That's why older guys are hot.

So your experience in high school was nothing like Say Anything?

No! My experience in high school was just crap. I went to North Hollywood High, and it was awful, and I was miserable, and I just wanted to get out. I was completely depressed and listening to a lot of Cure.

You were a little goth?

Well, it wasn't really goth. It was called alternative before alternative [became] mainstream. Early '90s, late '80s. Dyed the hair black. Wore big baggy shirts with Nirvana on them. That kind of stuff.

Do you know what's happening on Buffy next season?

I have no clue. I know we're going to college. And I'm not a virgin anymore! Willow has gotten some. I'm just a slut now! A little actress slut! All my characters have gotten laid now. [Laughs.]

Is it nice that you're finally growing up in movies and TV?

Yes, it is. Because I still get carded for R-rated movies. I would imagine that if I go to see this movie, I'll probably get carded.

What do you think about all this controversy about enforcing R ratings?

Obviously, kids will sneak in. I went to see Prince of Egypt, and it was playing right next door to Varsity Blues, and there were kids who bought Egypt tickets who wanted to sneak into the other movie. But there was this hired a security guard at Varsity Blues. And they were like, "That sucks. I can't believe they hired security, and we can't sneak in, and now we have to watch this stupid cartoon!" And we were like, "Oh, you guys were gonna sneak in?" And they said, "Yeah, but we've already seen it three times." So, obviously they'll find a way.

How do you feel about sex in movies and whether kids should see it?

The fact that our movie is in the same [ratings category] as Natural Born Killers is a little dumb. That's the way things are. Sure, blame Buffy, the Vampire Slayer for the Littleton shootings. OK, thanks. It's ridiculous. People will look anywhere for a scapegoat. It's like, "Yeah I heard that song too. I must not have gotten the memo to go kill someone."

What was it like doing the sex scenes with Jason Biggs?

It was fun! In the script, we weren't supposed to be seen. It was just supposed to be body parts and the bed breaking and all that. And then we got there, and they were like, "OK, we really want to see what happens." So our stuff was improvised and so were the lines.

So, you came up with the best line in the movie yourself?

Thank you! Yeah, it was a collaboration. They were like, "I don't think we can use that." And then Universal let them use it. My friend went to one of those screenings, and he said he heard someone in the parking lot [repeat my line]. I was like, that's so cool!

What was it like kissing Jason?

When we were doing our sex scene, it was basically, "How can we have fun with this and make it look as frantic as it should and not lose teeth?" It wasn't like a romantic kiss, I wouldn't consider that I've kissed Jason Biggs. It was our characters. The only part of me that was in there was like, "Oh please don't cut his mouth open with my teeth! I don't want to break his nose or mine."

What do you think happened to Michelle after the movie ends?

She is gone! I just left; I was out of there. He's my bitch. And I'm off to band camp. After this movie, I think enrollment in band camps will skyrocket.

Would you want there to be an American Pie 2?

I really believe if we started to do a sequel, it wouldn't come out as good. And I'm just so glad that the experience has been so positive. I'm so glad to be a part of this movie. It's just such a simple, funny movie. I just can't wait for it to come out so my friends can see it and I'm trying desperately not to give away all the jokes. It's so surreal that I feel this way about a movie I'm in because usually I'm like, "No, you don't have to see it. No, no, no." I'd be stoked to see this movie even if I wasn't in it.