Ashley stepped out to celebrate her December Maxim Cover in New York City

On landing her first major role in Twilight:

“Oh, my God, I wanted this part so badly! I worked my butt off for it because I absolutely love Alice, my character. She’s sweet, sexy, and a killer! so when they told me I got it, I tried to play it all cool, you know, for about a minute. Because suddenly the Twilight blogs started picking it up, and then fans were there taking photos, and I’m on the news, and I was like, ‘What?’ And then I got really nervous.”

On the physical training for Eclipse:

“Yeah, I get to fight in Eclipse. My trainer is teaching me MMA right now. So. Cool. But I feel if I was in a real fight, I’d get my ass kicked...We’re just now moving up to more advanced stuff, toward being able to actually kick somebody’s ass. The problem is, I know tae kwon do, so I’m used to just sort of tapping for points when you kick, but MMA is a full knock-them-to-the ground follow-through.”

On what’s next:

"I want to hit up James Bond. That would be awesome."

On what vampire sex would be like: "Yeah, take the best sex you’ve ever had in your life and multiply it by 100, and that’s vampire sex."

See Ashley's cover shoot video here. See all 10 pics here Maxim.com.

See more pics from the party at Ashley Greene.net