What direction do you hope to take your career from here? What type of roles would you like to play down the road? Which actors or directors would you like to work with?
I’d really like to do a romantic comedy. I think because of what I look like, it’s harder for people to envision me in a dramatic role. So I think it’s a little easier for people to take me as a funny person. I’d love to do a dramatic role, but I think I’ll wait a couple of years. Every time I audition for something, I’m always auditioning for a kid - like a teenager or something like that.

So in your romantic comedy, who would be starring opposite of you?
I would love to come back and star with Vince Vaughn. I think that would be a fantastic full circle. Wouldn’t that be great? We could sit on set, “Remember when I was Brunette? When I was Josie?”

Are you worried about getting typecast?
A lot of people worry about getting typecast, I’m just so happy to get cast.

You are a member of the Purrfect Angelz. For those who aren't familiar, who are the Purrfect Angelz? How did you get involved with them and what can you tell us about their shows?
One of my good friends, Lisa Ligon, she was a Dallas cheerleader and she just has this amazing group of all of our friends that all have dance backgrounds. They performed for the troops for the USO tour. They are kind of into the biker scene, a bit, they do the Easy Rider tour and stuff like that.

I still try to help out with fundraising for them, but I actually started my own group. I’m like a dance group whore. I was a Pussycat Doll, then I took a break, I wanted to have fun with my friends. The Purrfect Angelz is more about dancing with my closest friends - Pussycat Dolls is more corporate. Then, I kind of missed performing, so I ended up calling together the formation of Voltron - who do I know that’s a model that has credits that’s in a FHM, Maxim, something like that? I just kind of went through the list in my head of who I wanted and I came up with this group of girls. We are actually having our first press shoot on the 29th.

So what is your Voltron group called?
It’s called Sugar Blush. The Sugar Blush beauties.

And what do you hope to accomplish with them?
It’s completely a vanity project. (Laughs) I wanted to dance, I wanted to perform. I was going to dance class anyway, so I thought maybe I should put together a little group and we all have credits and we all do appearances. And sometimes when you are not doing anything, you wish there were more appearances to travel on the road more. So, work begets work, why don’t we put together an act and take the show on the road when we’re not doing anything. Of course, now that it’s coming together, I bet anything all of us will book movies and we won’t be able to do anything.

One of our favorite parts of your resume is your stint as an XFL cheerleader. What was it like being a part of that experimental league and do you wish it had been more successful?
I don’t know a thing about football, so it was very confusing for me. The outfits were kind of cute – it was more of a dance thing for me. We didn’t exactly know what was going on. They were like, “Okay, now jump up and down.”

The common theme is - as long as there’s dancing involved, you’re game.
I’ve got to surrender to the beat.

Although you may not be a big football fan, we did hear you’re a big Ultimate Fighting Championship fan. What is it about UFC that you like?
I think I just like the carnage. It’s kind of like the Romans. There’s something about sweaty men beating the pulp out of each other that just makes me giggle. I find the cauliflower ear quite hysterical.

Enough about that other stuff and back to what's important – you. How often do you get recognized in public? Can you go out in public without guys hitting on you?
I think it’s strictly a numbers game. I think even if I wasn’t on television, that’s just what guys are programmed to do. It’s like girls and shopping. I think half the time they’re not really trying to get my number, they’re just bored. At least that’s what I tell myself.

If you would be so kind, we'd love to hear an example or two of some of the worst pick-ups lines that guys have tried on you.
Guys, if a girl looks up at you and smiles and continues to talk to you, proceed. If the girl looks up and says hi, then turns around or starts playing with her phone or is doing anything to ignore you, take a walk. Do not proceed to whip out your cell phone and say, “Can I get your number?” Well no, honey, because if I wanted to be talking to you, I’d be speaking to you. We are in a day and age where women will go after what they want, so unless you are Amish and living on the plain, you don’t need to try so hard. Every guy that hits on me absolutely gets nowhere. The guy that gets me is the one that says something nice and then leaves and like completely ignores me.

Do you have a type?
In the past, I’ve always gone for the blue-eyed artistic type. I’m dating someone now who definitely doesn’t have blue eyes and is everything opposite. Definitely one common theme is they have a lot of patience because you need a lot of patience to deal with me day in and day out. I’m very strange.

There’s impromptu dances, there’s questions like, “Baby, what if I passed out here on the middle of the floor and jell-o came out of my nose?” I puppeteer my dog a lot, I have conversations with my dog. Sometimes, my boyfriend looks at me and says, “What did I get myself into?” I’m really messy, I hate cleaning, but at the same time I’m very anal retentive, where I want stuff put away, I just don’t want to put it there. I always have to be right. Oh, and I’m a horrible backseat driver.

Tell me something not many people know about you.
I eat like a pig. I’m a junk food junkie. I will eat any type of pizza, any type of hamburger. If I don’t have to get out of the car, I’m happy. I like white trash food – like Frito pie.

I’ve got one last thing for you here. I’m going to do a word association. I’ll just throw out a name and tell me the first thing that comes to your mind.

Hollywood.
Fake boobs.

Wedding Crashers.
Cake. Boobs and cake.

Madam Caramel.
Ugly lingerie. The cheesiest lingerie. Boobs, cake and lingerie.

Rachel Sterling.
Cornball.

The future.
Hopefully lots of money. Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you a lot of stuff that will put a smile on your face.

Interviewed by Brian Murphy, January 2006. Price to Pay is schedule to be released in May. Rachel will be filming six episodes of The Price is Right in February and she will be featured in the March issue of Playboy magazine.