ASHLEY GREENE, 22, plays Alice Cullen, Edward's adoptive sister and Bella's closest confidante.
On her first impressions of the "Twilight" books:
"I hadn't heard of 'Twilight' prior to the audition process, but I read the first book in a day and a half and thought it was amazing. Then I read the second and third, just because I wanted to understand why people love them so much. When I finally got cast [as Alice], I was ecstatic and I cried. I didn't realize it was going to be such a huge deal until we were filming in Portland and my mom was like 'Do you have a fan site?' At the time, we appealed mostly to 13- and 14-year-old girls, but after the first movie came out, there was a snowball effect. Now there's no set demographic. We appeal to everyone from eight to 80."
On her favorite vampire movie before starring in "Twilight":
"'Interview with the Vampire.' That's the movie that sprang to mind whenever I thought of vampires. Now I'm one of them!"
On the fashion designers who make Alice's perfectly put-together look possible:
"I got to wear the best costumes. Tish Monaghan, the costume designer, found these great jackets -- a white silk trench coat a striped Michael Kors jacket -- and paired them with black tights and a flat ballet shoes and long red gloves. They were great and so quirky."
On her misadventures behind the wheel on the set of "New Moon":
"I got to drive this amazing yellow Porsche through these windy streets in Italy. I only had one driving lesson the day before we were supposed to film it. I almost nicked a couple buildings."
On her next, non-"Twilight"-related project:
"I'm going back and forth to Louisiana, working on this film called 'Skateland.' It's fun and it's set in the '80s, so I get to have my hair and makeup done in the style of the era. It's a coming-of-age film."
