Unfortunately for Alexis Bledel, it's time to talk. The 23-year-old star of "Gilmore Girls" doesn't like to do interviews. She feels uncomfortable answering questions about herself and almost never comments on her personal life.

Yet even as she politely makes those limits known, she is gracious about why. "It's almost more natural to be in character on a set," she says. "That's a controlled environment where you know where the boundaries are. In a public situation with reporters, it's more evasive.

"It feels evasive to me."

But she knows that interviews are a requirement for her right now. And if she must talk, she has a lot to talk about: "Gilmore" reaches its 100th episode tonight, and she has three feature films in the can. In Sin City with Bruce Willis, based on the comic book by Frank Miller, she plays a prostitute named Becky. She has a small part in the Indian musical twist on Jane Austen called Bride & Prejudice and is one of the girl pack in the bonding comedy-drama, The Sisterhood of Traveling Pants.

Bledel is almost painfully shy but rarely coy. When asked, she'll answer, though she'll admit she doesn't think her answers are sufficient to make a very good story. Shyness got her into show business. Her parents encouraged her to try community theater when she was 8 years old, hoping it would help her overcome her shyness.