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At this point, having done so many notable love scenes, have you become blase about doing them?

It's always weird. We drank whiskey before [the love scene in The Vicious Kind], so we were fine. The thing that sucked, though, is then we had a big scene to do after the love scene. It was 3 in the morning, and we were both hungover -- well, not hungover, but you know that feeling after yo've had a couple of drinks and three hours later, instead of sleeping or drinking more, you have to work? It's terrible! Yeah, love scenes are always uncomfortable, and you just try to get them done and get them out of the way. The Funny or Die thing, of course we were laughing, but still, you're there in your underwear with another sweaty dude, rolling around.

Do you have a whole love scene prep routine, then? A shot of whiskey, no dessert the night before, making sure your ass looks all right in the mirror?

You know, that was the first time I'd done the whiskey, and that'll be the last time. I had to down a bunch of coffee to keep acting, but it did make the sex scene a little easier. I have done a bunch of sex scenes by now, with Tell Me You Love Me and all that -- I wouldn't call myself a pro, but it doesn't freak me out as much as it used to. I always feel sorry for the girl who has to do it with me! I just immediately feel like I'm covered in snot, like there's something wrong with me.

Now, where are you with the second season of Party Down?

We just finished, actually. We shot it in ten weeks, and it starts airing in April.

Was it gratifying to you how that started developing a vocal audience during the first season?

Yeah, it was really gratifying. I feel like the show really found its footing over the first couple of episodes, and I appreciate people sticking around for that. I love doing it. Other than being with my family, those are the people I love being with. It's my favorite job, I just love it. Yeah, we just finished a week ago, and we were just devastated when it ended, which is so rare for a job, you know? We could keep doing it forever.

So what's new this season?

Megan Mullally is a series regular this year, and she's just sensational, wonderful. I can't stop saying enough about Party Down. I just adore it.

Do you hate Glee for stealing Jane Lynch from Party Down?

A little bit, but you know, Jane comes back for the season two finale. We cater her wedding. It's great.

Whatever happened to the pilot you shot for HBO with Sarah Michelle Gellar, The Wonderful Maladys?

It did not get picked up. There were a lot of great people in that. I don't know why they didn't pick it up, but it would have meant moving to New York with my family for the wintertime. I'm sorry it didn't get picked up, but at the same time, I'll be happy here in sunny LA.

Didn't Tell Me You Love Me get picked up for a second season, and then HBO abruptly changed its mind? What happened there?

I still don't know! We shot the pilot and then shot the series a year later, and a year after that, it aired, and a year after that, it got canceled. It was a three-year process wherein we ended up making ten episodes, so by the time it was actually put to bed, I was actually glad to be done with it. It was so long, and I was just waiting around. We were picked up for a second season, but then after we were picked up, we were about to go into production and they kept delaying it, then finally said, "Forget it." We were all disappointed because we loved the show, but at the same time, it felt like it was time to move on.

Well, HBO might be jerking you around, but at least you've got Party Down.

Yeah! I was sad at the time, but in the long run, I'm happy because Party Down is so fun. I get to hang out with my friends and try to be as moronic as possible. I try to get through a scene without laughing when I'm doing a scene with Ken Marino or Megan Mullally, whereas on Tell Me You Love Me, it was all about, "I hope I can cry properly when I lose the baby."

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