Cameron's a storm in 'Bad Teacher'

Cameron Diaz swears up a storm in 'Bad Teacher'

              Some actors swear a lot as the cameras roll and, in most instances, those blue moments end up on the cutting-room floor. But not in the case of "Bad Teacher," in which Cameron Diaz raises profanity to the level of high art in her title role.
"It was all phonetic," Diaz said, laughing. "We started with an `F' and we ended up with a `K,' and, apparently, if you put these other two letters in between, it makes a very funny noise ... and people understand it."
The 38-year-old Diaz was at CinemaCon in Las Vegas earlier this year to get theater owners warmed up to "Bad Teacher" — a rare, R-rated studio comedy with a female lead.
"It wasn't a character that was originally written for a man and then made for a woman," Diaz said of her "Bad Teacher" role. "It was conceived as a woman. And so, it is a lot of fun. I think it is funnier. If it was a guy, it wouldn't be as funny. Guys don't need to get (breast) jobs."
"Teacher" reunites Diaz with former beau Justin Timberlake. And while Diaz and Timberlake had worked together post-breakup on the "Shrek" films, "Teacher" marks their first live-action effort together.
As for Diaz's own high-school past? She said she never was sent to detention. "I should have, but somehow, I always got away with it."
And was she a bad girl in high school? "Not in high school," Diaz replied with a laugh.