Jessica Simpson is worried about the effect of her image on cinemagoers.

Simpson, who stars in The Dukes of Hazzard, is worried that people will be put off seeing the movie because she is seen primarily as a singer and not an actress.

Confusingly, she says that she wants the movie to make people warm to her as an actress, but does not want critics to get the impression that she is trying to act.

More magazine quotes her as saying: "I don’t want people walking out of a movie thinking I was trying to act or be some movie star. I want them to think, ‘That might make me like Jessica a little bit more.'"