The interviewer asks her about Steven Seagal...

"He's larger then life, not only metaphorically speaking, but physically. His hands were twice the size of my own."

...And the working environment, was it normal?

"No, it was never normal, but it wasn't horrible. I guess at the time he was running into some death threats and stalkers, so it was a locked down set. We all had to wear badges saying who we were and what our job was. He had bodyguards taking him to and from his trailer every day. It was pretty intense on that level, but he was always cool with me and fun. I used to tease him a lot and make fun of his aikido moves. He always laughed, he never took it to seriously."

You think Katherine's being polite. You've heard that Segal's a real asshole.

So out of Segal, Chucky and Johnny Knoxville, who is the zaniest to work with?

Your bet is on Chucky. What could be more twisted then a twisted puppet?

"Definitely Johnny Knoxville. Hands down," laughs Katherine. "He's the kind of guy who will pull pranks on anyone, whether you're the director or crew member or an extra. One day he took a cattle prod and was going to the producers' private area and actually hit him in the thigh and shocked him. The producer laughed after he screamed, and you're sitting there going: Where does the guy get a cattle prod? And how does he get the courage to so that to someone?"

You want to ask about Johnny and Jessica Simpson - are the rumors true? Did she ever visit him on the set? But the interviewer (obviously not from the tabloids) changes the subject. She wants to know about the transitioning from film to TV.

"I’ve realized that it’s no longer taboo to do TV and film," says Katherine "You can do both. For me it’s all about the project, about who I’ll be working with, about the quality of writing, about the people behind it. It’s no longer about being scared about venturing into something that isn’t as cool as film."

What was the one thing that really sold her on Grey’s Anatomy?

Katherine pauses thoughtfully before answering. "For me it was probably the idea that I would have this opportunity to play a young woman who is not a girlfriend, not a sister, not a daughter, not some random love interest or some bitchy cheerleader, but a surgeon. To play a woman with true intelligence and talent and ambition. There’s the model thing, but I thought that was just am interesting character sideline."

Yes, there is the model thing. And that scene where she strips down to her Hello Kitty skivvies to prove to her chauvinist co-star that a body is just a body. Nothing more. You got the point and were amply impressed with her assets, both her acting chops (that scene took balls) and her 34DDs.

The interviewer asks about FHM, in particular the November 2004 cover story. Having read it, the interviewer doesn’t think it really matched Katherine’s demure personality.