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Jana Kramer<\/strong><\/a> reflects what it was like working with her daughter, Jolie, in Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story<\/em> and reveals her thoughts on her children pursuing acting careers during an exclusive video interview with Life & Style<\/em>.<\/p>\n The One Tree Hill<\/em><\/a> alum, 40, says it was \u201camazing\u201d to see Jolie, 8, act in her latest movie. \u201cI am just so proud of her. I was reading the script and I was like, \u2018Oh, 8-year-old daughter. Amazing,\u2019\u201d Jana tells Life & Style<\/em> about how her eldest child got the role. \u201cShe\u2019s done little extra things in movies, and so I knew she was kind of wanting to do more.\u201d<\/p>\n After Jana spoke to Jolie about the part<\/a>, she immediately wanted to audition for the role. \u201cI worked with her for a couple weeks and we put it on tape and she booked the part,\u201d Jana shares. \u201cI\u2019m just so wildly proud of her because she is \u2026 she\u2019s such a beautiful, loving little girl.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI appreciate the fact that, you know, she just gave it her all and she was confident,\u201d she continues, adding that \u201cit was beautiful to watch\u201d Jolie come into her own<\/a> on the set.<\/p>\n Jana appears in the film as Morgan, while Jolie plays one of her two kids with her husband, Rodney (played by Austin Nichols<\/strong>)<\/a>. The film follows Morgan coming to terms with the physical, emotional and sexual abuse in her marriage and ultimately leaving the relationship.<\/p>\n Not only did the \u201cLove\u201d singer praise Jolie for her acting abilities in the Lifetime movie, but she also reflects on the possibility of her children pursuing acting careers. She shares Jolie and son Jace, 4, with ex-husband <\/span>Mike Caussin<\/b><\/a>, and son Roman, 6 months, with <\/span>fianc\u00e9 <\/span>Allan Russell<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI just want to give my kids every opportunity and let them try whatever they want to try,\u201d Jana says, adding that acting is something that Jolie \u201cwants to keep doing.\u201d<\/p>\n She continued, \u201cI\u2019m never gonna hold my kids back from something. Now, is it my dream for my kid to be an actor? No.\u201d Jana explains that she doesn\u2019t want her kids to deal with the \u201ctough\u201d parts of acting, including \u201cdaily rejection.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI want to be honest about what that could look like for her, and that would be tough as a mom to witness,\u201d she continues. \u201cBut, you know, if it\u2019s something she wants to do, I\u2019m not gonna tell her no.\u201d<\/p>\n Fans can watch Jolie\u2019s first major acting role when Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story<\/em><\/a> premieres on Lifetime Sunday, June 9, at 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n