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" A definite highlight was doing 'The Brothers McMullen.' Shooting that movie was such a joy - and then we wound up winning the Sundance Film Festival. That big-break moment is visceral. It happens once in a decade, maybe once in a lifetime. "

Connie Britton

Moment

Joy

Film

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" I grew up singing. My mother was a music teacher. "

Connie Britton

Mother

Singing

" I was born in Boston, but then I went down to Virginia. We spent a little time in Maryland, and then were in Virginia by the time I was seven. What struck me the most was that my mother thought that she had gone to the middle of nowhere, and we would still drive four hours for her to get her hair cut in Washington, D.C. "

Connie Britton

Thought

Mother

" For my birthday this year, my girlfriends - who knew I'd just inherited my dad's turntable - gave me a carton of albums like 'Blue Kentucky Girl,' by Emmylou Harris, and 'Off the Wall,' by Michael Jackson. It's all stuff we grew up with. I mean, you can't have a music collection without Prince's 'Purple Rain' - it just can't be done! "

" TV loves to bring in affairs - as soon as you have a relationship, let's screw it up. "

" In many ways, the South can be very traditional and confining. And what is interesting to me is how women find their way around it. Those obstacles create an amazing sense of humor, of fun, and, ultimately, of integrity. The fiercest and savviest women I have ever known are the women I grew up with. "

" Beauty is about what's inside us, loving who we are and nurturing that. Outward beauty can really blossom from there. "

Connie Britton

Beauty

Loving

" Divorce is hard. I was about 29 when my husband and I split up. I think we probably fared better than most, because we were young and didn't have kids - but divorce is hard. "

" In the past I'd always felt like 'the girl' in the show or the movie. On 'Friday Night Lights' there were a bunch of girls, and I was the woman. Initially there was a little struggle with my identity around that. But now there's a sense of ease. "

" I would say country is the one type of music I've spent the least amount of time with in my life. I grew up in Virginia, where there was a lot of it, but I was more interested in rock and roll. Southern rock. "

" People have always asked, 'Do you prefer comedy or drama?' And my answer is, 'Both, at the same time.' "

" I feel like 'Nashville' can go on indefinitely. "

Connie Britton

Nashville

" We're trying to tell a very full story of 'Nashville' and these characters in Nashville, and I'm really hopeful that we're going to be able to do something as innovative as 'American Horror Story' and 'Friday Night Lights.' And I think so far, we're on the right path for that. "

" In terms of 'American Horror Story' and 'Nashville,' what attracted me to those, and 'Friday Night Lights,' for that matter, is that they felt like something innovative and something that we hadn't seen before. As an actor, that's exciting. "

Connie Britton

Story

Night

" It's daunting to play a real living person. "

" Let's put it this way: The older you get, the easier it is to date younger men. There are more of them. "

Connie Britton

Date

Men

" My twin sister, my cousin, and I used to write and perform plays for my family. We raided the closets for costumes and fought over parts. I'm sure I was the bossiest one. "

" I'm booby and kind of curvy, so I definitely need to wear things that work with that. I can't just put on a muumuu, because it looks crazy on me. "

" People tell me the 50s are the best time - I'm ready! That whole stigma of being over 40 and not being sexy anymore is fake news. We're more vibrant because we have experience; we know our bodies. "

Connie Britton

Experience

People

" I lost my mom to breast cancer, and then I lost my father three years later. I thought, 'What am I waiting for?' Motherhood has been the greatest gift of my life. "

" The U.N. has been focusing on the global goals in terms of trying to fight and eradicate poverty, and I feel like education is at the root of it all. "

" The funniest women I've known are Southern. It is such a vital way to get what you want. Charm and grace and a sense of humor will take you a long way. "

" I thought it was a terrible idea being a supporting character on a football show. "

" My whole background is theater, and theater is to some degree presentational. "

" The South was influential in my life. It helped form who I am. I went to New York out of drama school, and I lived in California. "

" The thing about taking risks is, if it's really a risk, you really can fail. It's only a pretend risk if you really can't fail. "

" Just drawing on my own experience, I never - I never - personally reference myself as old. I don't think of myself as old, but I certainly would not say that to a man. "

" I'm obsessed with 'Thelma and Louise,' and therefore obsessed with Callie Khouri who wrote that movie. "

" There's something about Southern women that is so unique yet so universal. Strong southern women are allowed to be soft and feminine and have a sense of humor. But what I love about Southern women in particular is their universality. "