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Fans would be surprised to find out… "I love baking. I don't know if anyone would know that. Maybe because in this business there's so many unfinished things that can happen. Consistently developing shows that don't go right away. There's open- ended things. Baking is like, it's got a finite amount of time that it happens and when it's done, you have this beautiful thing at the end. So, baking a birthday cake for my friends or making cookies that I can give away, it's a thing I can do. To me, vacuuming and mowing the lawn are very satisfying. Painting a wall. I love painting. Any of my friends that have moved into new apartments, do you need it painted? I can help you do that." encourages me to find my own personalized swear with the handy game in her book. The voluptuous L.A. native openly shares, in Everybody Curses, I Swear!, the body issues she dealt with growing up. Many women would kill for natural large "torpedoes" like Carrie's, but because she was teased mercilessly in school for having them, she resented her "speed bags." She references them so much that she had to come up with a list of inventive synonyms for them, and even used a few celeb's names: Greta Garbos, Brad Pitts, Danny DeVitos... "I was writing this and I was like, I can't just keep calling them boobs. Chumbawumbas. The Twins… They're big enough that they need to have their own names. Their own zip codes. There are days I feel they need their own country," she says with a laugh. Carrie has definitely gotten the last laugh though. While women are paying thousands of dollars to have "Pointer Sisters" like hers, she can proudly say, "They real and they're spectacular!" (à la Seinfeld). The book is also chockful of racy snippets from press junket interviews with Matt Damon, Jonah Hill, Will Smith... Who has been the most memorable interview? "I have different levels of best memories. Robin Williams always stands out to me as one of my favorite people to interview. I would let him go as far as he wanted to go. We would have these conversations that I don't think anybody has ever had with him." Their banter was so explosive that The Tonight Show invited both Robin and Carrie on the same night just to see what would happen. "That was a huge honor. He's, in my heart, kinda like my favorite interview." Heath Ledger is another memorable interview, not because she did anything out of the ordinary per se, but because of his fans' immensely-positive reaction to it. She tells me that Russell Brand and Emma Stone are always fun and hilarious to chat with too. To gain access to Hollywood's elite, you must go through their gatekeepers: publicists. These symbiotic relationships are essential and very important to both parties involved. With an uncensored format that could possibly effect the star's image, I had to ask, have you gotten into trouble with any publicists? "There's also a few stories in the book about that," she says, then mentions a misconstrued "lap dance" with a popular rapper. "I had to show her [the publicist] tapes to make sure that got cleared up. It wasn't a lap dance..." As the years went on, what might have gotten Carrie into trouble in the past, became something they were high-fiving her for later. "It's interesting how I was able to watch sort of the birth of this new format from literally ground zero to people accepting it, enjoying it, and asking for it." Playing by the publicists' rules worked in her favor. "A lot of times they're like, 'Can you just cut out the cunt word? Fine. We cut 'em all out, because that's how you build a relationship... If I was going to be dirty, I had to be clean." This also established trust with the talent, and enabled her to build a rapport with them. Have you burned any bridges? She flashes me a look that suggests she's harboring a great story. She then references her chapter, A Kick in the Cunt, which touches on the "not fun stuff" and her kicker, Bruce Willis. "Sometimes you need a good kick in the cunt to put your perspective back in line, is basically what that chapter is about," she says with a laugh. In addition to her new book, Carrie appeared on The New Celebrity Apprentice with Arnold Schwarzenegger, which premiered in January. "I was nerding out completely," she says about filming with Arnold and the 15 other contestants that included Boy George, Vince Neil, Jon Lovitz, and Carnie Wilson. "I'm a huge metal fan, so Vince Neil, I was like, 'Ohmygod ---this is the coolest thing ever.'" Working with Arnold was a definite highpoint. "He's awesome --one of the coolest things about him, he understands how to appreciate people that work for him. He went out of his way to make sure everybody understood that they were appreciated, which not everybody does, so that was really refreshing." The former governor also graciously invited the entire cast to his house for dinner, so that he could get to know them. While there, the cast got to meet Arnold's mini horse --who roams in and out of the house-- and take photos with the giant hummer in the front yard. The whole experience was great; however, Carrie tells me that reality TV is not for her. "Most times are uncomfortable, because you're not in your element. You're in their world. When you put that many people in a room with those big personalities, shit's going to go down." She likens the experience to one's initial desire to visit a nude beach. The thought of it is exciting but when you get there, you realize that it's crawling with people you don't want to see naked. "Some people are phenomenal on a nude beach. They don't care what hangs out. And other people are definitely afraid of getting sunburned. I was a little bit in awe of the entire thing." In your book, you mention that you like being behind-the-scenes. "I do. I much prefer being behind-the-scenes. And look at me now. That being said, I love what I do. I love meeting all my favorite celebrities. The opportunities that I've had have been fucking amazing. I've travelled all over the world... Really, my job doesn't suck," she says with a big smile. When you look at your journey, do you think you were meant to do this? You wanted to be in music, promote bands, and now you're doing this. "In a weird way, I think opportunities find you when they're supposed to," she says thoughtfully, then mentions the first on-camera interview she agreed to do and how she could've turned down the opportunity, but