It seems Desperate Housewives fans had better hope ABC has signed Felicity Huffman to an iron-clad contract: the Lynette Scavo actress revealed today she's planning to follow up on her successful role in Transamerica with another movie project.

Speaking to the Houston Chronicle, Huffman said she's currently reading scripts to see if there's a project she could take up in Marc, when Housewives goes on hiatus. "Before, I never got auditions, or if I did, I had three lines here or four days there," Huffman admitted. But things are different for her now that she's being named as a possible Oscar candidate.

"It's completely out of my control," she said. "The fact that more people than my mom and 10 of my friends are even watching it -- that's a win to me. [An Oscar nomination] would be great for the movie, but you don't want to set it up so it's a failure, so I really don't think about it."

Even though the film is only now taking off, Huffman completed work on Transamerica close to two years ago, in between the Housewives pilot and the start of production for the rest of the first season. This led to some confusion for Huffman, as her character in Transamerica is called Bree, just like Marcia Cross' character in Housewives"When we started Season 1 five days after I finished, they'd call Marcia to the set by saying, 'Bree to the set!' and I'd come flying out of my trailer!," Huffman said.

Before Housewives fans get worried about Huffman's continued presence on the show, she at least sounded very positive about the way the show is turning out. "For me, the scripts have been fantastic," the actress said, then went on to praise Housewives creator Marc Cherry. "They never let him out of his little writing house. That guy works 24-7 — maybe 36-7."

For the full interview with Huffman, in which she discusses the similarities between her own life and that of her character, please head over to the Houston Chronicle.

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