Q10 Playboy: Do you get off on the idea of having a love slave?

Lui: I get so off on it. It's great. I love it because he bows down to me and it's such a feeling of power. His weakness is something that's just delicious. Weakness can be delicious, but only when [Ally McBeal co-star] Greg Germann delivers it. Sometimes it's just like, Good Lord, get the spatula, get the jellyfish off me. But when Greg does it, it's like quivering. You just want to slap him, and when you do, he enjoys it. He eats it up. The more he enjoys it, the more you enjoy it. So we work off each other's energy. Plus, he's so powerful in his everyday life as a lawyer and a money fiend that it's nice to see him get down and quiver.

Q11 Playboy: Is this real acting for you, or do you see where it comes from?

Lui: It's hard for me. I was so terrified the day I had to lick Fish's finger, because it was so phallic. I was on the verge of tears because it was like I was selling my soul on national television--licking this guy's cock, practically. If anything, it would get me a second job at the Pink Pussycat Theater. I was so terrified, and then I just did it. I wasn't sure how to feel about it. Then I had to do it again a few episodes later and it was easier. I guess it was easier because I'm accepting myself more as a woman people are attracted to. I'm seeing that I can be a leading lady doing these things.

Q12 Playboy: If you thought Calista Flockhart were too thin, you'd tell her, right?

Lui: No, I wouldn't. I'm just not close enough to her to tell her something like that. I think she looks great. She is in great shape. If people thought I were too heavy, I'm not sure I'd want them to tell me. It's a personal issue.

Q13 Playboy: Your character, Ling, describes men as horny toads. Is that so wrong?

Lui: It's not so much that it's wrong, because women are horny toads too a lot of the time. Sometimes women want to go out and screw and leave in the morning just like some guys do. I just happen to think that, as a whole, women are a lot more emotional and need a certain amount of security that men don't always have the ability to offer. It's a social issue, it's a gender issue, and it's something that gets in the way. But it's not particularly bad.

Q14 Playboy: How can you avoid being a moron in love?