Okay, I'll use that as an excuse. They just don't know the real me [laughs]. It's hard to meet people. And I'm really picky. I'm not intolerant, but I know what I need. If I know that I'm not going to get that from somebody, then I don't go out and do the whole dating thing.

What's been the most challenging thing about working on the show?

Probably the hours. I always thought a TV show would move faster, because you've got so much to do and less time to do it. I'm totally passionate about acting. But on TV, you wait for two hours and act for five minutes. So I'm sitting there to do for five minutes what I love to do, and the rest of the time I'm doing what I hate to do, which is wait around. Thank God I have funny cast members who are entertaining.

What is the rest of the cast like?

They're mostly crazy, fun people. A lot of the time we're sitting in a circle on the set all just laughing our asses off. Nick Wechsler is hilarious -- he plays Kyle -- he's such a funny guy. Brendan and Jason are both really funny people. Colin Hanks is really funny. Majandra Delfino has the driest, funniest sense of humor. Shiri does these weird skits. We get along well enough that we can sit there and entertain each other. Otherwise we're screwed.

Does being on TV every week mean that you never want to turn it on?

I love TV. I know that's really a terrible thing to say. I'll sit there and watch TV for hours, but I'm not as bad as some people I know. I love a lot of the WB shows. I should be watching things like The Sopranos and The Practice, but they're on too late for me. I need to graduate to the more adult television circuit, but...

So is it hard to play a bitchy character for you?

I never think of her so much as bitch as I do she's just strong. I see her more as somebody who doesn't take any shit. I like a girl who can stand up for herself and not take any crap. She sort of commandeers a certain amount of respect.

A lot of Roswell seems to be about the steamier side of high school, with that whole "opposites attract" angle. How do you think it'll handle the whole alien-human sex thing?