It’s character by character. But “Mumford” and ”Almost Famous” were like my first two movies, so I was just like excited to be in a movie. I mean, I’ve just been lucky. Yeah, I’m definitely attracted to that because I’m attracted to character-driven pieces, you know, which is why I haven’t done a lot of big budget movies. I like sort of small movies about, you know, people and their relationships.
What about this project in particular appealed to you?
It was a really funny script, and the cast was amazing. I really liked Michael Clancy, so I just
thought it would be fun.
How many takes did they do of the casket blowing up?
I was there. I think you only with that sort of
thing, explosives, you only have one or two takes
because it takes forever to set it up again. I
remember Debra Winger brought her 3-year old son and
he got scared when the boat blew up. He was so cute.
What did you like about the character of ‘Kate’?
I was interested to play someone who was sort of
normal because I hadn’t done that before. I thought
it would be fun to play the non-dysfunctional one
because I’ve played a lot of dysfunctional people, so
I thought it would be just fun to try that, to
challenge myself a little bit.
How did you like it?
I like it. It was fun. I mean, I like playing crazy
characters too, so yeah, it was interesting. I’m
always trying to do stuff I haven’t done before or
challenge myself so I’m not resting on my laurels all
of the time because if I just found my little niche
and never left it, I’d be pretty boring, I think.
What was it like working with Debra Winger?
It was great. I love Debra Winger. Yeah, well, she has
two kids and she raises them and she’s a really good
mom and she’s such a smart lady. She produces
films herself and her husband’s an actor and director
and I think she just works when she wants to work and
she’s totally brilliant.
Are you still singing?
Yes. I just had a show last week, a cabaret show, and
I have another one on [October] 27th. And I’m doing a
musical right now, actually, up in Vancouver with
Carol Burnett and Tracey Ullman.
How is it working with them? Is it tough to balance
the music with acting?
Great. It’s so fun. I mean, I do both. I’ll do a
movie, and movies are like you go away for a couple
of months and it’s like over a period of time and you
have some time off. So whenever I have time off, I
schedule shows.
