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Searching for Bolt on DVD with Miley Cyrus
 It's hard to imagine what life would be like if you were an international superstar at the age of 17. For Miley Cyrus, even though she's become one of the most popular teen icons of her generation, there's no doubt the Miley has both feet planted firmly on the ground given her country roots handed down from dad, Billy Ray. Now that so many kids have grown up with Miley Cyrus and her musical Hannah Montana TV character, the younger Cyrus recently diversified her talent portfolio by taking on the co-lead voice role alongside John Travolta in Disney's animated canine comedy Bolt, which makes its way to Blu-ray and DVD on March 23.
Lending her voice to the character Polly, the owner of a cute White Shepherd dog named Bolt that stars in his own TV show as an action hero but soon realizes he doesn't have super powers when he accidentally gets shipped from Hollywood to The Big Apple of New York City.
With Bolt now out on DVD, we can look back and safely say that you know you're an even bigger star than before when your name appears next to John Travolta. Here's a look at the latest from Miley Cyrus and her thoughts on bolting between acting with her voice, working with animated characters, how she and Polly are similar, and what her fans will take away from the movie now that Disney has shipped Bolt from the theaters to DVD.
You’re an actress and a performer. In animation, we only get to hear your voice. What was it like just relying on your voice?
 MILEY CYRUS: Ever since I was little, people would always make jokes about my low voice. But they also complimented me on it - ‘it’s so different, it’s so low.’ But still, in school, people would make fun of it. But now, I think it’s so cool that you don’t have to have the picture-perfect, girly voice to do an animated film. I think it’s great for kids with different voices to know that they could do something like this.
How many dogs do you have? It comes across in your voice when your character is playing with Bolt.
CYRUS: I have six. You could tell? You could hear the baby voice? ‘Come on, boy, c’mon Bolt!’ Everyone was laughing when I was doing that part - they thought it was the greatest thing that I was speaking to Bolt like he was real. Yeah, I have six dogs, and I love ‘em!
When your fans and friends see BOLT, what sort of message do you think they’ll get?
CYRUS: There are certain movies you go and see, and then after, you wanna go home and talk to your best friend and tell her that you really love her. I hope on this one, people will want to go home and love on their dog. I hope that they realize, one, that you love your pets and know what great friends they can be. And two, that no matter what you do for a living, realize that that can go away in a second ... it’s people, like Penny or your best friend, that matter.
What was the process of making this animated film like for you? How long did it take?
 CYRUS: I recorded it in about five sessions, so it was pretty quick. That was great. I loved going in there in my sweats - that was my favorite part. ‘All right, I’m a mess. Let’s roll it, let’s get it done!’ Then I’d go home and take a shower.
What was it like working with the directors?
MILEY CYRUS: I worked mostly one-on-one with Chris [Williams]. It was great, working that way, having the director right there to tell me what was needed. That really made things easier and fun, too.
But if you’re recording sporadically, you have to remember what you were doing the last time, what your character was feeling. Did that come easily to you?
MILEY CYRUS: Yeah, it was something that came easily. The only thing that was hard is that I’m really strict with myself. I want everything to be perfect, if I’m going to do it. I had to realize that this wasn’t me on-camera. I wasn’t animating and that I didn’t get to use my hands or anything. It was hard not to be able to use my body to get across what I was trying to do. I thought that was a little frustrating.
How is your character of Penny compared to you? How are you different and how are you alike?
 MILEY CYRUS: Penny is a little hardcore. I love the opening scene, that is my favorite. Everyone was always asking me what my favorite scene was, and I’d say, ‘I love it when she comes in with her hair all chopped off, and her Doc Marten boots and she’s riding her skateboard.’ I think that’s so cool, something that I’ve never been able to do. I’ve always kind of wanted to be that girl. And I love how vulnerable she gets when she loses Bolt. So she shows that that’s just a persona.
Tell me the set-up of the film.
MILEY CYRUS: I think it’s a wonderful film, it’s really well done. It’s about Bolt, a dog, who thinks he has all of these super powers because he’s on a television show. He comes to realize that what makes him special isn’t all of these things that he uses to catch the bad guys, to fight them off, but that it’s Penny - she’s the one who gives him his strength and confidence. When he’s not with her, he becomes vulnerable, and not as confident.
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