Olivia Wilde loves her sex-symbol status

American actress Olivia Wilde has confessed that she loves being a sex symbol.

The House star, who topped Maxim magazine's Hot 100 List, said she was flattered with the title.

"It's kind of great to be able to ... harness my power as a sexual being I guess and to be able to be seen as a sexy person and not have to compromise who I am and what I stand for," Fox News quoted her as saying.

"And being able to be considered sexy even though I wear a floor length lab coat in every episode, showing very little skin and spewing out medical terms all day," she added.

The 25-year-old is presently working on a new role in the indie film "Fix" directed by her husband Tao Ruspoli.