This is literally my favorite role. The role of Sheila is like nothing else. There`s no holds barred with her.

And so much honesty. People go to school for years and years to get that kind of honesty.

[Thorne is excited the show`s been picked up for another season but says she`s sorry the lone female firefighter on the show, Diane Farr , won`t be returning.] She`s leaving because she originally only had a year contract. But she was such an amazing addition to the potty-mouthed, frat-house brotherhood mentality on the show. ... It`s a huge cliffhanger, one of the best ever. It`s pretty fantastical how they shot it.

It`s a big part of her lifestyle -- her sexuality and seeking that sexual life with Tommy, ... I look forward to it. It`s stuff I`ve never done before. I`ve never played a sexpot before. It`s kind of fun to engage in that kind of story line. Literally, all Denis and I do during those sex scenes is laugh our [butts] off.

The really interesting people we meet in our lives are mixed with comedy and tragedy,

The really interesting people we meet in our lives are mixed with comedy and tragedy. What they`ve created with Sheila, the audience and I have no idea what`s going to happen, what she`s going to do, or what she`s going to say.

[THE VIDEOLAND VIEW:] Rescue Me ... going to be nuts! When we got the first draft of the script, that was pretty wild, then they started working on it and it kept getting a little more risque, a little more scary and a little more crazy.

she said. ``I`m working as an actor, not as a waitress. I have a job I love, and we`re doing really interesting things on the show.

It`s a big part of her lifestyle - her sexuality and seeking that sexual life with Tommy, ... I look forward to it. It`s stuff I`ve never done before. I`ve never played a sexpot before. It`s kind of fun to engage in that kind of story line. Literally, all Denis and I do during those sex scenes is laugh our a- off.

no maternal instincts whatsoever.