Sarah Jessica Parker is inarguably best known for her long-running stint as Carrie Bradshaw on HBO's "Sex in the City." The show became phenomenon in itself, popularizing trends in both dating and single life in the big city.

"Failure to Launch" marks Parker's first venture into the genre again after the show ended in 2004. She stars opposite Matthew McConaughey, Kathy Bates, Terry Bradshaw, and Zooey Deschanel in this movie about a 35-year-old man (McConaughey) who ends up falling for a woman (Parker) he meets by chance. The twist? The woman, a professional consultant named Paula, was actually hired by Tripp's parents (Bates & Bradshaw) to trick him into falling in love with her so he can move away from home.

Below, Parker talks about the movie, romantic comedies, and how she and husband Matthew Broderick dealt with their movies opening the same day last December.

Q: So first off, what appealed to you about “Failure to Launch”?

SARAH: So many things. When I first heard about it, there wasn't even a finished first draft yet. It was based on an article and I had seen the “60 Minutes” piece about the Italians and how this was becoming more and more common in Italy . There was just a bunch of ingredients that I thought was interesting. I thought, this is perfection; to do a big, lush, studio romantic comedy doesn't come around that often.

Q: Do you have any favorite romantic comedies?

SARAH: Oh yeah. “A New Leaf,” “The Heartbreak Kid,” “The Way We Were” – I know that's not a romantic comedy but it's one of the most romantic movies of all time. A bunch of Woody Allen stuff is so great.

Q: What was it like playing opposite Matthew in the film?

SARAH: He's a very attractive person. I don't mean it in the obvious way, of course it's obvious and now it's a public proclamation and officially anointed but he's engaging and draws you in. So he's very easy to play opposite.

Q: Have you worked opposite someone you felt you didn't have chemistry with?

SARAH: I've felt that.

Q: Did you talk to them about it?

SARAH: No. Because what can you do? It only puts the other person in an uncomfortable situation. There is no solution. You can't tell someone, “This? We're not working.” It's just not helpful but you have to do your job. There were times on “Sex in the City” where I felt like I was pulling this man behind me. Like, it didn't work. But you got to make it work.

Q: “Sex in the City” was such a great long running romantic comedy in itself. Were you apprehensive about jumping into something like this again with “Failure to Launch”?

SARAH: No. I'm always nervous before a job! I always think I'm going to be fired, I always think I can't do it. I always think I'm going to disappoint somebody, myself included. But I don't think of things in terms of “Sex in the City.” I don't think of things relative to something else. I think it's a distracting way of thinking of something that's a part of you.

But I certainly don't look to repeat what that particular story was. I think that [“Sex in the City” creator] Michael Patrick did it better than anybody I have ever seen, and that's not the story I want to tell anyway. While it seems like the easiest choice, it's not want I want to do anymore.

Q: Do you see that you get a lot of romantic comedy scripts as a result of your success with the show?

SARAH: No. There is that script but it's come upon me to make a better choice than that. I read just as many scripts that aren't ‘that.” You'd be surprised at how many romantic comedies there are, how few that gets made especially for people my age and Matthew's age. Whenever a script comes along, it's never as good as what Michael Patrick did. It's hard because we had seven years to live a life, in Carrie Bradshaw, to really show a person. You can't do that [in a movie] unless it's a teeny piece to look at.

Q: How was your experience filming this movie in New Orleans ? Did you and Matthew go out into the town?

SARAH: Well I'm not a going out type person, generally speaking. But I'm an eater and I love the city. Oddly enough, when I first met my husband [Matthew Broderick], he had invited me to New Orleans for the weekend when we first started dating. I was working but I couldn't go. He said, “It's O.K. We'll go soon.” And it was never mentioned again. So when it came up that we were going to be there, it was really exciting. I loved the city. Magnificent city.

Q: Do you think you and Matthew [Broderick] will ever work together again? Is it because you've avoided it?

SARAH: No, it's not that conscious. We haven't avoided it. We want to work together. But it's nice having separate careers. It's nice that I can be home in the evening and put our son to bed. It's nice to come home and have different experiences all day long. It just works really well. I think I'm a good audience for Matthew, and a good support for Matthew. I don't want to be in a situation where I can't be that woman where I'm that nervous or anxious. I think it serves us well this way.

Q: How was it back in December when you two had movies opening the same day? (“The Family Stone” & “The Producers”)

SARAH: We just did not deal with it. Didn't talk about it, our friends didn't talk about it. It was fantastic. There was so much happening that day at our son's school anyway. There were so many other things, perfunctory to our demands with time.

Q: Would you fear your own son being 35 and living at home?

SARAH: I just can't imagine that we would raise a son that is that tied to the apron string. My mother did a really good job of shepparding us out of the house and encouraging us to be independent thinking young adults. So it's hard to think that at 35, our son would be at home.

Unless we're ailing, in which case, we'll need him! I already told him that he's going to come home on Fridays, no matter what his wife says, and bring me dinner and carry me up the stairs.

"Failure to Launch" opens in theaters this Friday.