Bonjour à tous, Alexis a fait une interview pour le magazine Envy et à également réalisé un magnifique shoot pour l’occasion:

At the center of a swarm of stylists, photographers, publicists and other handler types is probably the one person in the room who wants the least amount of attention. But by now, Houston native Alexis Bledel—best known as Rory, the younger half of the mother-daughter duo on the WB’s “Gilmore Girls”—has learned how to handle the spotlight without taking it too seriously. A model since 14 and a television star at 18, she gives the impression of the shy girl at school who made it big, then came home just as reserved as she ever was.

The idea of “coming home” has been on Bledel’s mind a lot these days. In Post Grad, her new movie out this summer, she plays Ryden Malby, a college graduate who finds that life after school is going to have to begin with moving back in with her family, played by the power trio of Michael Keaton, Carol Burnett and Jane Lynch.

The doe-eyed actress continues to sit patiently as her eyebrows are being fiddled with, her legs are oiled and earring options debated. Her pocket-size build makes her look deceptively young—she’s 27—and her quiet politeness causes everyone to watch themselves around her (“You look so eff-ing good,” the make-up artist censors herself). Protective of her private life, Bledel dodges a question from a stylist about her boyfriend, gesturing at the nosy reporter in the room by way of explanation.

Hey, we get it—we’ll keep this thing professional. As long as we avoid prodding, Alexis seems happy to fill us in on life after “Gilmore Girls,” her dream projects down the road and her whiskey-heavy winters.

ENVY: Post Grad is the most comedy-oriented film you’ve done so far, and you play alongside some comedy heavyweights. Was that intimidating?

alexisbledelAlexis Bledel: I think I was pretty intimidated the whole time. Comedy is hard, and even being on a set where a crew is used to working on comedy, they kind of expect you to entertain everybody, and so many comedians do that. I guess I’m a little more reserved, but it would be fun to do another one knowing that going into it and to let loose a little bit.
Carol Burnett is a comedian’s comedian. How did she strike you on set?
My impression of her was based on Annie. From my childhood memories, she was the really frightening orphanage headmistress. She was terrifying when you were a kid. Even now, you watch it, and it’s an intense performance. She was funny and she was wasted and all these different things all in one character, and she was fantastic. That was what was in my head when I met her, and she couldn’t be sweeter. She really is gracious; she satisfies people’s expectations. She stepped right into it and made everyone feel comfortable and entertained.

Post Grad is rated PG-13. Would you like to do more films with a hard ‘R’ like a Judd Apatow comedy?

People won’t bring me in for those, because they think audiences don’t want to see that. Sometimes they’ll test certain scenes in work I have done for young girls and stuff, and they don’t want to see me in that light, because they think of me as the TV character.

You played a prostitute in Sin City, though. That’s a bit against type for you.

Yeah, that’s the point of something like Sin City, to do something different. I just went in and read for it, so I guess it does happen where I’m given the chance. Sometimes I can psych myself out and not really go all the way into it, because you fall into old habits.

Do you have more or less free time now that “Gilmore Girls” is over?

I have a lot more free time; those one-hour shows are very full time. Now I do a movie or two a year, and the rest of the time is time off, so I take classes and try to keep myself busy. You want the regularity of a show, but there’s no way to have the great part of a show and the freedom of going from job to job in the film world. You have to structure your own days, and some people are better at that than others. I have really good days where I’m super productive and others where the whole day just goes by.

Do you miss having a steady foil like Lauren Graham [the actress who played her mother on “Gilmore Girls”] to work off of?

I love the constant change of not knowing what you’re going into and starting fresh after three months and starting a job with new people. I love that, but there is something nice about going to work and knowing what to expect, too. But you can’t have both; there’s no way.

You seem to be one of the few young female actresses who has avoided the attention of the paparazzi. Is that something you do intentionally?

I find their attention to be a bit stressful and unnatural. I do end up at places where they’ll follow you to your car when you’re leaving, and it’s a weird feeling … I think people can avoid it, but sometimes they just pick you. You’ll do a project or you’ll be in a relationship or something, and they’ll just choose you and harass you, and there’s not much that can be done about it. It’s kind of odd that I’m in this job, because I do not like to be the center of attention at all. I’m much more of an observer.

Is there a style of movie you haven’t done yet that you think you would enjoy?

I would love to do a really twisted psychological thriller, and I would love to do something really dramatic. I think everything I’ve done has a little fantasy or has a little comedy. I did the last episode of “ER,” and that was serious. That was the first thing where I was like, ‘Wow, there’s no comedy in this whatsoever,’ and it felt really good, because it was so different. I’m a pretty serious lady. I’m kind of a goofball, but secretly. Not everyone sees it. I have to be so comfortable to relax—usually I’m quite serious.

Do you have a favorite drink to help you unwind?

I like a little bit of everything. In the winter here in New York, we end up drinking a lot of whiskey to fight off colds. It started off as a utilitarian thing, then you get into all the great whiskeys, and then we found some whiskey bars. But you can’t do that in the summer. I make this Tuscan lemonade with vodka that has thyme infused in the sugar, and that’s really good.