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Jennifer Love Hewitt

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Which ''Alien'' movie is your favorite?
Well, actually, I haven't seen them, because I'm terrified of scary movies. But I've seen parts of them and all of her kick-butt scenes, and that's what counts.

How did you survive making the ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'' movies if you're such a big scaredy cat?
I know, it makes absolutely no sense. Part of the reason for doing the scary movies was to possibly get over the fear. And it worked, because now I'm a little bit better. I can go and not be as terrified. You have to understand, I'm a wimp. The scariest for me was ''The Shining,'' and ''In the Mouth of Madness,'' and ''The Omen'' I had never seen a scary movie before [making ''I Know What You Did''], so Freddie Prinze organized a movie fest.

Is the wave of teen horror movies over for you?
Yeah. And I hope my fans agree. I'm kind of at a weird age in the entertainment industry. It's like when you're 13, that's another weird age because they'll hire the 18 year olds to play your parts since they can work longer hours. You're stuck in the middle. I want to do ''My Best Friend's Wedding'' kind of movies, and you can't if people still consider you the ''teen scream queen'' type. That's why my roles as Audrey Hepburn [in the TV biopic] and in ''Heartbreakers'' and ''The Devil and Daniel Webster'' are characters that allowed me to be a little older.

You started a production company, Love Spell Entertainment. What kind of movies do you want to make?
I want to be able to make movies that people wouldn't expect from me. I don't want to make kid movies or stupid comedies. I want to do romantic stories, small epic dramas. I like having the opportunity to take chances and go from being Audrey Hepburn to being Satan. I was just telling Alec, ''I'm so nervous, because there's not a more exciting, complex character to play than Satan. What do I do now?'' And he said, ''Well, next you have to play God.''

Elizabeth Hurley tempted Brendan Fraser in ''Bedazzled.'' Is your devil like hers –- a sexy Satan? Each of us has a different interpretation. Of course, when you have a woman devil, she's automatically going to be sexy, and we have these wild outfits that I wear. And in the very first scene there's some seducing that goes on. My Satan uses her powers in every way that she can, which requires some controlling, sexy behavior, but it's not like I'm in a bikini or that I'm like, ''Here's my boob, now sign the contract giving me your soul.''