What attracted you to "Walk the Line"?
"There are very few roles for women where you don't just stand and smile and look cute. The woman I portray (June Cash) was a tough cookie. The real accomplishment of this movie is that it shows a real relationship: It goes through ups and downs, and tolerates things that seem intolerable. To me, that's reality, that's life."
Since you grew up in Nashville, do you feel more pressure about what people think of the movie?
"I am terrified of the people in Nashville seeing it. I run into people and I just avoid their eyes. I saw Vince Gill the other day and then Dolly Parton and they both said they can't wait to see the movie. I was like, 'Uhhh.' I'm just scared. My mother and I loved country music when I was growing up; we revered the country music stars."
What were the biggest challenges about this movie?
"I could have rehearsed about two more years on the singing. But it is what it is. You spend months listening, practicing, absorbing. I am just not musically inclined though...I learned to play six or eight songs on the autoharp, but I was more comfortable with the singing. I had never picked up a guitar my entire life."
So will we see you doing any more singing in the future?
"I would never sing live on a television show, but I would love to do a musical. I love musicals!"
So what's next?
"'Penelope' is a movie I'm producing and it's a modern-day fairytale with Christina Ricci and Hayden Christensen. We start filming in January!"
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