Kate Beckinsale is Sexiest Woman Alive

Scarlett Johansson, Halle Berry, Angelina Jolie and Jessica Biel have all been there, done that. Now, Kate Beckinsale covers it for Esquire. Here are snippets from her interview:

Kate on her early modeling days: "I was on the cover of Elegant Bride magazine when I think I actually cried. I was looking sort of misty, bridey eyed. It was mortifying. There I was, in my riot-grrrl feminist stage, with a puppy."

On being "the sexiest woman alive": "This whole notion of being named Sexiest Woman Alive is going to earn me quite a beating. You can't have that title with four brothers. I'll get wedgies. Headlocks. Noogies. If you're any kind of a human, you know the title is utterly ludicrous. But I like the idea of it, too. I do. I'm feeling that I must earn this. I need to go out and become much better at pole dancing or something"

On doing action films: "What's dangerous about doing action movies is that I'm used to men on wires. I punch a guy and he flies over a wall. So I tend to feel like that's me that did that. Which leads me to the fact that yes, I do think I could kick your ass. I know I can't, though. I do tend to walk around like a Chihuahua in my house. You know, one of those little dogs that sees the big dogs and starts giving them attitude? I'm a Chihuahua with the soul of a lion."