I think Cameron Diaz seems to be taking the lead on promotional duties for Knight & Day, which says more about Tom Cruise than Camy. Over the past few days, a few major Camy interviews have come out, so I’m just going to run through the highlights. The Playboy interview actually sounds much more interesting than anything else Camy has done so far – she actually talks about Alex Rodriguez – well, enough to deny being in a relationship with him, which I take to mean they’re just f-ck buddies. She’s also the July cover girl for InStyle Magazine, and in that interview, she talks about how she doesn’t really want to be a mom, kind of.

Is she dating Alex Rodriguez? “No, no, no,” Diaz, 37, says when asked if they’re an item. “I’ve been in relationships since I was 16-years old. In the past three years I’ve made a conscious decision not to be in a relationship for as long as I want. I’ve stayed away from all the traps out there for me to just fall into something that will potentially lead me down the same road … I want to have a relationship with myself right now.”

On working with her ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake: “We’re adults,” she tells Playboy. “Of course, we could work together. It’s been three years since we broke up. It’s all done … We’re friends; he’s really talented and funny, and we’re good at being funny together. A great dynamic we have is that we love laughing together … he’s so hilarious.”

On dating, and douchebags: “I never shut down any man who’s willing to ask me out unless he’s a total douchebag,” Diaz says. “It takes a lot for a guy to ask out a girl like me – not because I think I’m superspecial or anything. It’s just that I think men are intimidated, and it’s a lot to get involved with. It’s not uncomplicated.”

On “successful” relationships: “I’ve had really successful relationships, even though they’ve lasted only a certain amount of time. I’m okay with that. With some of the relationships that have drawn public interest, I feel as though I’ve evolved, learned and become better equipped. I don’t feel I need to make it different for the outside world that’s looking in and judging it.”

On the difference between love and sex: “Sexuality and love can be different things,” she says. “I can be attracted to a woman sexually, but it doesn’t mean I want to be in love with a woman. If I’m going to be with a woman sexually, it doesn’t mean I’m a lesbian. We put these restraints and definitions on people, but it’s hard to define.”

On being a parent: “I can be a pretty good aunt, but whether I’m a good aunt or a crappy aunt is really not remotely the same question as me being a good parent or a crappy parent,” Diaz, says in the July issue of InStyle magazine, on newsstands Friday. “It doesn’t quite have the same impact.”

On the potential to become a mother: “Having children changes your life drastically, and I really love my life,” she says. “Children aren’t the only things that bring you gratification and happiness, and it’s easier to give life than to give love, so I don’t know. That kind of change would have to be either very well thought out, or a total mistake – a real oops!”

On being older and wiser: “When you’re in your 20s, you have no idea what the hell’s going on or who you are or how the world works… Wisdom is really underrated.”

On the youth-obsessed culture: “We are obsessed with youth, with physical youth, what we look like and what happens to our bodies as we get older… We forget what happens to our souls, our minds, and our actual human experience.”

[From People Magazine & Us Weekly & Stylelist]

Eh. When taken in small doses, I do like Cameron Diaz, but sitting down and reading a few interviews with her all in a row is annoying. I can’t put my finger on it, though. I’ve always liked Camy because she’s not a pity party kind of person, she’s a total pro who never badmouths anyone, and she’s able to talk about her own growth as a woman without sounding like she’s regurgitating from a self-help book. Usually. But these interviews – especially the quotes from InStyle – seemed very self-helpy to me, very Jennifer Aniston. I mean, I get it, Cameron’s aging in an industry where aging is bad. She feels older and wiser. Good for her. But it feels like she’s just feeding us jargon in lieu of her real ideas on the subject matter.

InStyle cover courtesy of Just Jared. Header: Camy on June 6, 2010. Credit: WENN