She returns again to the small screen in the comedy-drama Good Christian Belles, or GCB for short. She plays grandmother Gigi Stopper, whose daughter returns home to Texas with her two children after a divorce. Small-town drama ensues when former classmates are thrown into the mix.

Potts talked with Nunn on One right before the premiere of the show.

Windy City Times: Hi, Annie. I have been watching you perform since the movie Pretty in Pink so I'm very excited to talk to you today.

Annie Annie Potts: Well, I am very excited to talk to you, too.

WCT: I read you were born in Nashville.

Annie Potts: I was.

WCT: That's where I grew up.

Annie Potts: That is a nice place to grow up, isn't it?

WCT: Yes, it was. It doesn't seem like a having an accent stopped you from landing roles.

Annie Potts: I am trained, so I don't have to have that accent.

WCT: I watched the first episode last night and you have the juiciest role.

Annie Potts: I think I do, don't I?

WCT: You have the best one-liners.

Annie Potts: They are awesome; I know.

WCT: What attracted you to this sitcom? I heard you had some other offers.

Annie Potts: I thought it was the best one. One of the others—I won't reveal what it was—is a success on TV right now and the other one didn't go. This was, far and away, the juiciest role. [Writer/producer] Robert Harling is an old friend of mine. Even if he wasn't, it was easy to see that the script is going to be a whole lot of fun. Robert has such a pedigree of writing Southern women such as with Steel Magnolias. So who wouldn't take door number one?

WCT: Your hair looks fabulous on the show, by the way.

Annie Potts: Thank you. That is a wig.

WCT: Is it?

Annie Potts: It is an awesome wig! Yeah, isn't it great?

WCT: Do you know people similar to your character being from the South?

Annie Potts: She is kind of an amalgam of people I have known and people I have heard about. She is not unfamiliar to me.

WCT: Do you film the show in Texas, with it being set there?

Annie Potts: We shot the pilot in Dallas but we film the series in Los Angeles.

WCT: How is it working with Kristin Chenoweth?

Annie Potts: Well, what do you think? Pretty fantastic! She is so darling and talented. What fun that is…

WCT: Leslie Bibb, who plays your daughter, is really good in the show.

Annie Potts: She's terrific and not hard on the eyes, huh?

WCT: No, she's a knockout. There's also a gay character on there.

Annie Potts: Yes, but don't reveal who yet.

WCT: This article will be out right after so no spoilers here. Were you raised religious?

Annie Potts: I was. We were raised Presbyterian. My parents said we were real Presbyterians because they believe in everything, which meant it was okay to drink. We went to church every Sunday. I always loved church.

WCT: The line you have—"If you are under my roof then you are going to church"—rang very familiar with me. I saw some guest stars are coming up, from Sheryl Crow to Sandra Bernhard.

Annie Potts: Yes, that is right.

WCT: You have a Hallmark movie coming out also. You are playing a music teacher?

Annie Potts: Yes. It's called The Music Teacher, where I play a drama-music teacher. It is kind of a female version of Mr. Holland's Opus. That is what the producer had in mind. It is so lovely. Most of us have had a teacher that changed our lives and that is what it is. I have had several of those in my life so I am very happy to play a role and live that out myself. Through that, I can honor them in acknowledging what they gave me.

WCT: Do you sing in the role?

Annie Potts: A little bit.

WCT: You did God of Carnage. Do you want to do more Broadway?

Annie Potts: I did and I loved it and hope to do more. It is my first love and I will always return to it whenever I can.

WCT: I wanted to give a big shout out to Designing Women. The AIDS episode was phenomenal.

Annie Potts: It sure was! Our fantastic creator, Linda Bloodworth, wrote it. Her mother was, at the time, dying of AIDS. She had contracted AIDS through a blood transfusion before the CDC was screening blood for that kind of thing. So it was very personal for her. Around 1988 she managed in a little half hour comedy to make a big correction in the attitude of way that people looked at AIDS and people that had it. It was really extraordinary. We were really proud of that.

WCT: With good reason; it was groundbreaking.

Annie Potts: GCB is like an hour of Designing Women. We are counting on our core audience, which is gay. I believe we are going to give you plenty to enjoy.

WCT: It has a good time slot, right after Desperate Housewives.

Annie Potts: Yes, that is right. So get the word out.

WCT: I will. Are they going to make a Ghostbusters 3?

Annie Potts: If they do I am in, certainly!

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