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Fueled by caffeine, carbs and ambition, Ray, 38, doesn't seem to be tiring. Like Stewart, Ray claims to sleep four hours a night. "If I go to bed before 1 or 2, I'll wake up at 4 and catch an old movie until sunrise," she says. Admittedly, a little bit of the fun of watching her is hoping that you're there the moment she cracks--when she finally knifes the stage manager with a Wüsthof or wails into her peppers and eggs. She's like the popular girl in high school who is impressively nice to everyone but everyone secretly kind of hates. She's too perfect, too in control, and just has to be at least a little bit phony. But she's still the one you vote to be homecoming queen. Not just because she worked for it but also because, fake or not, she does make you feel a little more alive around the edges.
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