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Maxim: How did you get the House of Style gig?
Rebecca Romijn: First, a job interview. Then I went in and did a video test, which was only so-so--the producer was totally honest with me. But I called the next day from the San Juan airport and said, "I really want this job, I think I could be really good at this job, and I really think you should hire me."

Maxim: In photos, you're this sultry amazon, but on TV, you're a different person: funny, down-to-earth, semi-insane...what's the deal?
Rebecca Romijn: The TV me is more me. Sometimes I feel very sexy, but most of the time, I'm just Becca the goofball. Personally, I think I come across better on television than in print, but I don't take any of it too seriously. Come on, fashion is one of the funniest industries in existance.

Maxim: Example?
Rebecca Romijn: I still can't believe that I walk down the runway once a year in high heels and underwear for Victoria's Secret. And that this is worthy of being broadcast on the Sony JumboTron in Times Square.

Maxim: We couldn't quite believe what you persuaded the Victoria's Secret models to do on that runway for your MTV show.
Rebecca Romijn: [laughs] I got Heidi Klum to pretend she was picking her nose. I got Tricia Helfer to poke herself in the bellybutton. And Tyra Banks promised she was going to slap her ass for me. But she's one of the Victoria's Secret angels, and so she was wearing these enormous, eight-foot wide wings. Then she went the wrong way accidentally and these big, stupid, clumsy wings were hitting everybody in the face, and anyway...she forgot to slap her butt. But I forgive her.

Maxim: If you were a superhero, what would your superhero name be?
Rebecca Romijn: [laughs] The Six-Foot Spaz.

Maxim: "Stop, theif, or I'll...trip!"
Rebecca Romijn: Exactly. That's me.

Maxim: Let's talk about your other acting roles. In your Friends guest spot, you played a woman who is a chronic slob, and in Norm Macdonald's new movie, Dirty Work, you're a bearded lady. You seem to actually enjoy playing females with...unattractive characteristics.
Rebecca Romijn: Absolutely.

Maxim: They're remaking Planet of the Apes--would you play a female chimp?
Rebecca Romijn: No! For me, the point is making fun of the way beauty and women are usually portrayed. Chimp masks might be crossing the line.

Maxim: Sports Illustrated recently photographed you in Africa, surrounded by Masai warriors. What'd you do for laughs in the middle of a continent that's most famous for droughts?
Rebecca Romijn: It was a pretty intense day. I didn't know how the Masai were going to act around me. When I came out wering a bikini and high heels--about eight inches taller than them--they all started chanting and trying to put their hands on me.

Maxim: Excuse me?
Rebecca Romijn: It was just their way of saying hello. But by the end of the day, we all started warming up to each other, so I offered this guy a box of Tic Tacs. He had no clue what it was, so he shook it around a little bit, and then he shoved the entire box into that big hole they have in their ears and started to shake his head around like it was a rattle. Unbelievable.

Maxim: What's the oddest thing you've heard lately?
Rebecca Romijn: [pauses] This happened to a friend of a friend. Her boyfriend goes into the bathroom, takes off all his clothes, and yells out, "Honey, I think I have some pretty nasty homorrhoids. I need you to take a look." So she reluctantly goes in and he bends over to show her, and there, lo and behold, is an engagement ring!

Maxim: You're about to marry John Stamos from the sitcom Full House. How'd he propose? Were ointments of any kind involved?
Rebecca Romijn: [laughing] John got down on his knees in the middle of the night, totally naked. He pulled the band off a cigar, and he goes, "This is spur-of-the-moment, so this is all I have." Then he got down on the floor and he pulled the real ring out from under the bed.

Maxim: You're getting married at a time when monogamy seems to be going out of style, at least in the White House...
Rebecca Romijn: Monogamy isn't a question of style. If a man doesn't have the discipline to remain faithful to his wife, I'm not sure he has enough discipline to run the entire country.

Maxim: But don't you think that in most marriages that have lasted as long as Clinton's, there's been some infidelity?
Rebecca Romijn: Maybe, but I think it's possible to remain monogamous too--to overcome your primal urge and think about your commitment.
Maxim: I'm trying to do that right now.

Original article: Maxim Online