With her new independent film “Personal Velocity” being released this week, a busy but eager Parker Posey found time to sit down with the State Hornet and answer some questions about the movie and her career.

With over 45 titles in her filmography, some of you might still be asking, “Who is Parker Posey?” Diverging from her usual independent film genre, Posey was featured in “Josie and the Pussycats,” “Scream 3,” and more recently in “The Sweetest Thing.” Her quirky persona and impeccable talent to play such a wide range of characters stands out as one of her best qualities.

“I just want to work. I’m a freelancer, you know. That’s who I am,” said Posey when asked about her work and recent roles in mainstream films. With an average workload of two movies per year, her repertoire includes appearances on NBC’s “Will and Grace” and Fox’s “The Simpsons.” Posey isn’t a newbie to the world of television, with her humble beginning in daytime soaps like “As the World Turns.”

“It was hard doing soap operas, walking around on Astroturf and sitting on plastic rocks, corny dialog and having to learn it too, which is really hard; the melodramatic acting, you know,” she said. “In the beginning I was just terrified, coming from drama school, but it was good training. It’s really good discipline.”

Being in low-budget independent films doesn’t slow Posey down, instead fueling her desire to work with talented people and be involved with projects on a level sometimes lacking from big budget films. “Personal Velocity” was just such a project.

“This movie has done something that none of the other independent movies have done. Indigent Films, has given all the keys of the profits of the film,” says Posey. “It was made well under a million dollars, so whatever the movie makes, everyone has invested three weeks or six days of work in, and we actually have an investment in the movie, so, it’s actually very nice.”Featuring Posey in a serious role as a married woman struggling with issues of fidelity, she comments, “What I like about this character is how she is so complex and she can be contradictory.” When asked what she might do if faced with her character’s situation, she exuded a “good girl” attitude. “I would feel guilty, I went to Catholic school you know. I wouldn’t do that, I would wear it on my sleeve.”

For an actress versatile enough to play the mandolin (a skill required in her upcoming film, “A Mighty Wind,” with Christopher Guest) and with so many films to her credit, she brings a flair to the screen far more deserving of the spotlight and attention her higher-paid contemporaries take for granted. Whether in a low-budget film or a Hollywood event flick, Parker Posey is a talent yet to be tapped and discovered.