Olivia Wilde Covers Allure

Olivia Wilde looks stunning on the October 2011 cover of Allure magazine.

The hottie also opened up during her interview, talking about her life and career.

Wilde reveals:

On her role with Justine Timberlake in In Time:
“We were rehearsing, and I remember the director saying, ‘No, stop! It looks like you’re going to make out.’ ‘Nope├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥that looks like you’re going to make out, too.’ We were like, ‘Oh, God.├óΓé¼Γäó I had to find a way to think of him as my son. He’s got these incredible blue eyes, so I imagined him as a little baby Justin. And he was able to transfer a lot of his feelings about his mom onto me. We’re both total acting nerds.”

On sex sells during castings after showing up wearing a turtleneck:
“She was like, ‘A, people don’t wear turtlenecks here. B, why are you not showing any skin?’ And I said, ‘I’m not going to sell my body to get a role; it’s about the acting.’ She was this very powerful, wise 60-year-old woman, but at the same time aware of how this business works. And she’s like, ‘Sex sells. Go put on a tank top.'”

On briefly loosing her way early in her career:
“I went through this kind of A Star is Born transformation, where they made my hair very blonde, and I got very skinny, and I was like, ‘And now, I fit the mold!’ If I could tell young actresses anything, it would be to just be yourself through and through. I mean, really be hard-core about sticking to your identity, because what makes you unusual is what’s going to assure your success.”

On relationships:
“I find that commitment is very relaxing, and the process of searching for a partner in life inevitably keeps you at this level of insecurity. You’re like this heat-seeking missile, just trying to figure out where to plug in.”

Check out the amazing behind-the-scenes photos below.