The new R-rated comedy, “What’s Your Number?” has nothing to do with your telephone.

A young woman panics after reading a magazine article claiming people who’ve had 20 or more unsuccessful relationships have an almost zero chance at finding true love.

Anna Faris stars as a woman who is stunned to learn she’s been way more sexually active than any of her friends.

“I thought guys were the only ones who got together and say ‘this is what I did,’” said Chris Evans. “Girls do that just as much. Girls share just as many details and they are just as raunchy.”

“Yeah you don’t want to know what goes on sometimes,” said Faris.

Evans co-stars as a neighbor who volunteers to help with the quest to find all her old exes to see if one may have been the one that got away.

“If you were dating someone I’d never ask what their number is, that was then and this is now,” said Evans. “How many times have you been in love? How many times have you been in a relationship? I would not ask, I might want to know, but I wouldn’t ask how many people you’ve slept with.”

The film’s sexual subject matter did make for interesting conversations on the set.

“We were all very open,” said Faris.

“I don’t think there was any subject not breached,” said Evans. “We got along and it was a fun cast.”

The film’s R rating also let the cast enjoy a freedom that comes with pushing the ratings envelope.

“I don’t think you want to be gratuitous, you don’t want to swear for no reason,” said Faris. “But I think, especially as a woman, it gives you a lot more room.”

Faris’ real life husband, Chris Pratt, plays one of her former boyfriends. And you’ll also see Blythe Danner and Ed Begley Jr. as her parents.

The film is in theaters on Friday.

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Anna Faris has starred in a series of box office hits, but the 34-year-old actress says she almost gave up on her career before it even began.

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“I quit acting in college,” she revealed on The Late Show with David Letterman Tuesday. “I just didn’t think it was practical.”

“Well, it’s not practical,” the 64-year-old host agreed. “For a few lucky folks, it is quite lucrative, but not practical.”

Faris decided to give acting one more shot after realizing she lacked sufficient typing skills. “I don’t really know how to do anything with computers,” the What’s Your Number? actress laughed. “I had no other options career-wise!”

Luckily, Faris’ parents encouraged her to pursue her dream of becoming a movie star.

“I don’t know why they were so supportive, but they were. Although I don’t think they wanted me to go into spoof comedy,” the Scary Movie actress laughed. “My mom wanted me to be like Amelia Earhart or Joan of Arc. Lofty! Instead I’m queen of spoof comedies.”

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This past week, Anna Faris has been busy promoting her new film “Whats Your Number?” in both London and New York City. I have just added 432 HQ and MQ photos of Anna from talk shows and events that she attended promoting the film.

If she were a candy, Anna Faris would be a SweeTart.

She appears angelic, batting those wide chocolaty eyes and reverting to a faux-breathy, beatific voice to discuss whether she made her husband, actor Chris Pratt, audition to play one of her exes in the comedy What’s Your Number? That’s when her caustic side kicks in.

“Of course I did,” she quips, pausing for effect. “In the bedroom.”

Faris, 34, has managed to make bawdy endearing and adorable — and sweetly absurd. And she plays to her comedy strengths in this Friday’s Number, which she executive-produced. Faris is a single girl who panics that she might have bedded too many guys and, with the help of her skirt-chasing neighbor (Chris Evans), sets out to reconnect with her former paramours.

Like Ally in Number, Faris seems unaware of her own charms. “She’s completely oblivious to her own talent,” Evans says. “She’s the first person to make fun of herself. She doesn’t know how pretty she is, how funny she is or how smart she is. If she doesn’t know by now, she never will.”

When told of Evans’ praise, Faris covers her face with mock humility. “OK, come on, tell me more,” she purrs.

Faris says she was drawn to Ally because she’ll always go for the underdog. “She felt like a loser. I loved the idea of someone who was sloppy and a bit of a mess,” Faris says.

To her, they’re more interesting and relatable than the typical impeccably coiffed but inexplicably single overachievers you see in films.

“I feel that we don’t see enough (losers) in Hollywood. It’s always this woman who, if she gets drunk, it’s by accident. Maybe she’s clumsy in high heels,” Faris says. “I’m also not that girl. I have a cat that poops on my bath mats every day. And sometimes I clean it up.”

Faris taps you on the arm for effect. “Are you looking for a cat? She’s 20. She’s a catress. She’s from Stuart Little.”

She adopted the elderly cat so the feline could have pleasant, peaceful final days. And that, Pratt says, is typical of his wife.

“She had a very late growth spurt and for a long time was gangly and awkward. She had to develop a sense of humor. She’s so beautiful and talented and funny and has a heart and empathizes for the underdog.”

If anything, Faris would prefer to camouflage her physical attributes on-screen. She just spent the summer in Manhattan shooting Sacha Baron Cohen’s comedy The Dictator.

“I grew out my armpit hair all summer. Have you ever grown out your armpit hair? I hadn’t either. So when they asked me, I said sure. I figured it would be cute and maybe a little wispy and a little blond.

“I don’t know why I thought that — I bleach my hair. It was dark and 3 inches long and super curly. It was so disgusting. I would show it at parties, and people would be too polite to tell me how disgusting that looks. That was the summer of armpit hair.”

Pratt didn’t, ahem, bristle at Faris’ fleece. “It was a huge turn-on — and not because I’m attracted to armpit hair. It’s because she’s willing to go so hard for a joke. That, to me, was really sexy. She was willing to spend the entire summer in shirts that were at least half-sleeve in length — all for one gag. That shows focus and dedication.”

In the wake of this spring’s Bridesmaids, which earned a staggering $169 million domestically without a single male lead, studios are more open to raunchier female comedies, which are Faris’ passion.

“It’s exciting that things are shifting,” she says.

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In her upcoming romantic comedy “What’s Your Number?” Anna Faris stars as Ally Darling, an unlucky-in-love young woman who endeavors to track down all of her ex-boyfriends in order to avoid a 20th sexual relationship (which would totally jinx her love life). But before she gets the chance, she’ll have to contend with one specific ex: “Let’s Talk About Ex, Baby!” our latest installment of After Hours.

Anna guests with “Jersey Shore” star Vinny in this talk show dedicated to all things ex. So what has Anna learned about love from watching the MTV reality show? “I think alcohol is a wonderful tool for romance,” she joked. “And if you call something smooshing, it sounds so innocuous.”

“What does that mean?” a confused Vinny asked. “I don’t know what innocuous means.” Looks like Vinny should stow away Merriam and Webster on his next trip to Seaside!

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We all have a former flame or two we still wonder about. Or 20 former flames, in the case of Ally (played by Anna Faris) in rom-com What’s Your Number? While revisiting her many exes (played by Andy Samberg, Joel McHale and real-life husband Chris Pratt among others) in search of the One Who Got Away, Ally develops a relationship with her “supportive friend” Colin, Captain America’s Chris Evans. Here, Faris discusses her own beaus past and present.

What’s the most awkward run-in you’ve ever had with an ex?
When I was in college I stalked a recent ex. Just normal stuff like memorizing his whole class schedule and standing outside the classroom and pretending that it was a coincidence… like everyday.

Since becoming famous, have any of your exes come crawling out of the woodwork?
What are you talking about? I ran into a boyfriend from middle school recently and I gushed over him but he had no idea who I was.

Your husband plays a character named “Disgusting Donald.” Does Chris have any gross habits we should know about?
I’m the gross one. The dental floss never actually makes it all the way into the trash-can.

What’s Your Number is in theaters Friday, September 30th.

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Actress Anna Faris has been tickling the funny bones of audiences in films such as “The House Bunny” and on TV shows like “Friends” since the late 1990s. She has also shown versatility in movies like “Brokeback Mountain” and programs such as “Entourage.”

This week, Faris stars in adult-oriented comedy “What’s Your Number?” She plays Ally Darling, a single woman on a quest to marry, but having slept with 19 men she feels like one more would make her “unmarriageable.” Soon, Ally learns marriage is not about numbers and love is closer than she thought.

Faris, 34, spoke with Reuters about the film, working in adult-oriented comedies, and co-starring with her real-life husband, Chris Pratt.

Q: Ally feels like one more guy in her bed means no ring on her finger. Is 20 too high or too low?

A: “When this script was at another studio, they thought 20 was too high. They wanted to make it 16. To me, I don’t know if 20 is high enough! Don’t you feel like it should be 70 or something? (laughs)”

Q: Hmmm, what are you saying? Or, more importantly, what are you implying about yourself?

A: “(Laughs) I didn’t get out into the world early enough. Plus I had (orthodontic) head gear. If you want your child to stay a virgin, put them in headgear. That’s guaranteed to keep your number down! (Laughs)”

Q: Your real-life husband, Chris Pratt, who is on TV’s “Parks and Recreation” is also in the film as one of your past lovers. How was it working with him?

A: “We worked on ‘Take Me Home Tonight’ a few years back and then we worked again on this. He plays Disgusting Donald, who is sort of the catalyst to my character’s journey. It was a blast working with him. He makes me laugh all the time. But it’s also scary. I felt a little more vulnerable doing our scenes together because I’m always concerned about what he thinks. When it’s somebody who’s really close to you, you care about their opinion a little bit more.”

Q: Out of all your character’s past boyfriends, Ally’s storyline with Disgusting Donald was the most chaste.

A: “Yeah. He’s the one engaged to a really hot girl! (laughs) I’m like, ‘Wait, you guys are going to kiss, again?’”

Q: Ah, but Ally has plenty of bedroom scenes with numerous men. How does your husband feel about you shooting those?

A: “He’s really supportive and so proud. As actors, we don’t show up on the days when the other is supposed to be intimate with another person. I wouldn’t want my husband sitting behind the cameras while I’m in bed with Zach Quinto or Joel McHale. Chris is so great about that.”

Q: You executive produced this movie. What did that entail, other than being able to cast your husband?

A: “It means I also get to pick out what kind of donuts the crew is going to eat. (Laughs) It was a really collaborative process. I was always asked my opinion. They asked me about my choice of directors, actors, wardrobe — everything. I have a lot of trust in people who are more experienced than I am.”

Q: “What’s Your Number” is rated R in the United States. After successes with other R-rated, adult-oriented, female comedies this past summer like “Bridesmaids” with Kristen Wiig and “Bad Teacher” with Cameron Diaz, are you feeling pressure to keep that streak going?

A: “It’s always terrifying. Kristin Wiig and I are friends, and I’m so proud of her. I’m so excited that there’s now this gang of female comediennes. Conventional wisdom in Hollywood was that women (moviegoers) wanted to see something specific out of women. What this summer has done is flip that on it’s head. You can’t define a gender’s sense of humor.”

Q: When you were shooting “What’s Your Number?” did you know there would be this wave or R-rated, woman comedies?

A: “When we shot this last summer, the R-rated female comedy was still dangerous territory. In the past when I’ve pitched comedies, the first question from the studio was always, ‘What’s it rated? It’s got to be PG-13.’ Now the conversation is completely changing.”

Q: Ironically, the movie that put you on the map over 10 years ago was the R-rated “Scary Movie.” Are you comfortable in this niche or do you long to break out of it?

A: “Quick — somebody put me in a biopic, please! (laughs) It was really hard for me to break out of the ‘Scary Movie’ genre, and I used to feel like I needed to do something dramatic or some weird, dark independent film to be taken seriously. But I really love comedy and weirdly enough, I love how my journey has ended up. I get to laugh all day long.”

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