As She Approaches 70, Annie Potts Is Done Playing by Anyone Else's Rules
By Annie Potts may not realize it, but a chat with her is like reading Chicken Soup for the Soul. In her almost 70 years on earth, she’s picked up enough life lessons to turn into several self-help books and doesn't mind sharing her wisdom. Not in a demanding “Honey, you need to do this” way—but rather, Potts drops the kind of soft-spoken insights that creep up on you later, when you realize the gift you've been given.On this particular morning, the actor, best known for playing Mary Jo Shively in Designing Women, an ‘80s sitcom , is Zooming with me from her home in Los Angeles when I comment that we’ve both embraced the pinstripe shirt.