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" TV loves to bring in affairs - as soon as you have a relationship, let's screw it up. "
Connie Britton
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" I don't know a single woman in her 40s who isn't incredibly full of life and sexuality and desire for everything. There's nothing sexier than life experience, and there's nothing sexier than knowing your own body and having a little bit of experience with that. "
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Own
Woman
Life
" I'm obsessed with 'Thelma and Louise,' and therefore obsessed with Callie Khouri who wrote that movie. "
Connie Britton
Movie
Therefore
Who
" 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. "
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Say
Life
Music
" 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. "
Connie Britton
Fail
Taking Risks
Risks
" My whole background is theater, and theater is to some degree presentational. "
Connie Britton
Degree
Whole
Theater
" I feel like 'Nashville' can go on indefinitely. "
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Like
Nashville
Go
" I think that sense of humor is important in marriage. A sense of humor gets people through marriage. "
Connie Britton
Marriage
People
Sense
" 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! "
Connie Britton
Music
Birthday
Blue
" There are so many women out there who are single moms, really not by choice, and doing it and making it work every day. I think it's becoming much more a part of our culture and I hope that it will become more accepted and that those women are going to be more and more appreciated, respected and supported. "
Connie Britton
Women
Hope
Work
" 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. "
Connie Britton
Husband
Better
Divorce
" I think the most important thing about the Emmys stuff is just to enjoy it. It can get really stressful in weird ways, and I have definitely experienced that. This year, I really just want to have it be a fun celebration! "
Connie Britton
Weird
Important
Fun
" I started hearing people say, 'There's a blog about your hair, and there are all of these Tumblr accounts.' I'm like, 'What's Tumblr?' I'm pretty mystified by it, because I look around, and a lot of people have great hair. "
Connie Britton
Great
Pretty
Look
" 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. "
Connie Britton
Used
Write
Family
" My dad's family was from Tennessee. I grew up in Lynchburg, Virginia, where we lived at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains. As a kid, I was totally into Southern rock. Lynyrd Skynyrd. ZZ Top. It was so part of who I was. "
Connie Britton
Mountains
Top
Rock
" 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
Me
People
" 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. "
Connie Britton
Want
Humor
Grace
" 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. "
Connie Britton
I Am
My Life
New York
" People have always asked, 'Do you prefer comedy or drama?' And my answer is, 'Both, at the same time.' "
Connie Britton
Drama
Always
People
" I'm in an environment where I have a lot of information about how to stay healthy and live a good life. I love vegan and raw food, I love to exercise. If I weren't in this business, I think I would be aging differently. "
Connie Britton
Love
Business
Food
" 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
Me
" 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. "
Connie Britton
Need
Crazy
Kind
" 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
More
Men
" It's daunting to play a real living person. "
Connie Britton
Real
Daunting
Living
" 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
Us
" Now that I have a 16-month-old son, my weekend ritual has changed - but it's better than ever. We get up early and go for a walk on one of the hiking trails near my home in Los Angeles, then meet up with friends at a diner. There's nothing better than sipping coffee, eating scrambled eggs, and taking three hours to do it. "
Connie Britton
Home
Weekend
Walk
" I thought it was a terrible idea being a supporting character on a football show. "
Connie Britton
Thought
Character
Football
" 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. "
Connie Britton
Soft
Love
Humor
" Sometimes my favorite directors are the ones I literally want to punch in the nose. "
Connie Britton
Sometimes
Favorite
Punch
" 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. "
Connie Britton
Man
Drawing
Experience
" 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. "
Connie Britton
Education
Trying
Fight