Katie Holmes Is Back on the Big Screen

Starring in a comedy has been "great fun," she said. "I love, you know, working with a female director. A movie with all of these women."

"The three of us really got to know each other in the hair and makeup trailer. We had about 2½ hours every morning," she said. "We talked about movies, fashion, motherhood, designing. We listened to Queen Latifah's new album ['The Sisterhood']."

Holmes describes working with Keaton as "phenomenal" and says that she learned a "tremendous amount from her. "She's obviously a great actress. I loved watching the way she prepared for scenes. She's a genius. I mean, every take is different and perfect. And she's also, you know, she just came out with her book and she's a mother. She's interested in so many things. What a life she's had."

The three main characters in "Mad Money" are all women who tried "to do it the right way" and things just didn't work out for them.

"They're kind of the women who you don't necessarily notice. You know, they're the forgotten ones. And that's what allows them to really get away with this," she said.

In the film the women are working at the Federal Reserve bank, which shreds $10 billion a year or 7,000 tons of paper bills.

"Temptation is strong," Holmes said. "So they develop a scheme and they have to have a code."

Good Old Days

Before she left "GMA," Holmes watched a clip of her high school performance with her singing "Damn Yankees."

"I say a star was born," Sawyer said.

Holmes responded, "That was my sister's prom dress. … I loved it. I was the youngest, I couldn't wait to get into their clothes. I'm about 5'9. My sisters are 5'10", 5'11."

"Mad Money" opens in theaters nationwide Saturday.