Emmys 2013: Connie Britton on being a role model and taking risks
After five years playing the strong, supportive guidance counselor and wife Tami Taylor on the football drama āFriday Night Lights,ā itās no surprise Connie Britton developed an image as something of a role model.
āWhen āFriday Night Lightsā was over, I definitely was almost stunted in a way by having this sense of responsibility ā that I needed to somehow maintain this role model or this image that I was putting out into the world, and that I had a responsibility to that,ā Britton said during a recent Envelope Emmy Round Table on the topic of TV dramas.
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As flattering as all that was, Britton, who now stars on the musical drama āNashville,ā said she believes in taking risks as an actor and challenging herself.
āI went and did āAmerican Horror Story,ā which kind of just demystified all that and made it a lot less precious and gave me a good sense of humor about what Iām doing in the world,ā Britton said.
āAnd [it] really made me realize that as actors, itās not so much the message of the character that weāre playing as much as ā at least I think ā what part of ourselves weāre investing in the work. And I think that audiences feel that, and I think storytelling and telling human stories is such an important thing in the world.ā
Brittonās latest leap of faith finds her singing on āNashville,ā an endeavor she modestly described as āterrifying, probably kind of a stupid thing to take on, but ultimately really rewarding.ā For more from Britton, watch the video.
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