Its been two weeks sinceFNLwrapped.

Are you guys suffering separation anxiety?

KYLE CHANDLER:Im happy as can be.

CONNIE BRITTON:[Laughs] You arenot.

CHANDLER:You mean from Connie, right?

I mean specifically from Connie.

CHANDLER:Specifically from Connie, I dont think I could be happier.

I know she couldnt be happier because she doesnt return my phone calls anymore.

BRITTON:[Laughs] I did!

I called you back.

CHANDLER:Yeah, you called me a name when you called me back.

BRITTON:I called you Sugar.

I only called you Sugar.

BRITTON:Obviously, hes thrilled about our separation.

All joking aside, youve had a professional relationship for five years and it just came to an end.

What has that been like for you?

BRITTON:Its been weird.

I feel like its been a roller coaster.

We actually havent really talked much.

I feel like we were ripped from each other by circumstance.

Hows it going for you, Sugar?

So I dont think its sunk in completely for me.

But I feel like we still have to go do that, Kyle.

I mean, we sort of did that in Philadelphia.

We went and had our champagne.

CHANDLER:Its one thing having champagne while you have a job.

Its far different having a bottle of whiskey while you dont have a job.

Thats where the country songs come from.

BRITTON:That is so true.

So we still need to get together and write a country song.

CHANDLER:Thats right.

Is it fair to say lifelong friendship has been forged here?

CHANDLER:I wouldnt doubt that.

BRITTON:Theyve built a new house, and hes already built me a guesthouse.

And its mine; I know its mine.

I feel like thats very positive for the future.

What do you guys remember about your first meeting?

BRITTON:Kyle has a different memory entirely of the first time we met.

CHANDLER:I met you on the street corner, and we went and had sushi that day.

Thats the first day we met.

We didnt have sushi until the night after we shot.

The first day we met was in the first scene.

I came to your trailer and said, Hey, Im going to be playing your wife.

CHANDLER:We hadnt shot yet by then.

BRITTON:Yeah, we did.

CHANDLER:No, no.

We had not worked together yet.

BRITTON:I think we had.

CHANDLER:Well, I think that youre crazy.

BRITTON:How did we meet on a street corner?

So we called each other and said, Hey, lets go have dinner at Kenichi?

CHANDLER:That sounds about right.

CHANDLER:This could go on forever.

The battery on my phones not going to last.

Well just agree to disagree.

Lets forget about the specifics…

CHANDLER:I paid for lunch.

BRITTON:It was dinner!

What were your first impressions?

I thought he was goofy.

CHANDLER:…were both people persons.

I can gab with pretty much anyone.

I think you pretty much can too, Connie.

Once we started talking just for a few minutes, we started kidding around with each other.

It became obvious it was going to be a lot of fun.

Connie has no bulls.

Its all out in front.

Shes a very sweet person, very intelligent, very witty, and loves to play the fool.

BRITTON:Thats what I meant by goofy.

Hes the most authentic, real person, and you get that right off the bat, of course.

The Eric/Tami marriage was always the shows strongest asset.

Why do you think it worked so well?

BRITTON:You want to go first?

CHANDLER:Yeah, sure.

Ive never done that in my professional life, so I had a lot of material to draw from.

We werent going to be sleeping with other people, there werent going to be drug or alcohol problems.

They work their way through it however it happens.

But its the little tiny things, Where are the keys?

I dont know where your keys are.

Well, what did you do with the keys?

To be honest, whenever they wrote us being happy, we tried to find a fight.

If they had us fighting, we tried to love on each other.

We had fun no matter what when we went to work.

Thats what made it very creative, for me anyway.

It felt like a real marriage.

With Kyle, he brought the experience of his marriage into what he was doing.

He felt very trustworthy, and that felt very trustworthy.

That made me feel like we were safe together.

And in doing that, we were able to relay that level of trust into the relationship as actors.

CHANDLER:I think we both always searched for comedy.

It was just always fun.

BRITTON:I think that sense of humor is important in marriage.

A sense of humor gets people through marriage.

That was something that was inherent to both of us as individuals but also in our characters.

Are you both satisfied with how the relationship played out in the final episode?

CHANDLER:Oh, yeah.

To have us shooting each other at the exact same moment and then the screen going black.

BRITTON:It really is amazing.

CHANDLER:I loved that.

BRITTON:And then its incredible that he dies and I live.

I think its just so fitting.

CHANDLER:Good going, Connie; you just gave away the end of the show.

BRITTON:Im sure they would have done spoilers.

All joking aside, are you happy with how things ended?

It was very interesting and exciting.

I think the last two episodesnot just for our stuff but for everybodywere so great.

CHANDLER:I absolutely think we went out with a touch of class.

Kyle, who are you rooting for more on Emmy night: Yourself or Connie?

CHANDLER:[Silence]

BRITTON:I can answer that question!

CHANDLER:[Laughs]

BRITTON:[Laughs] You would flip out!

CHANDLER:I just, I dont know how to answer that one.

BRITTON:Ill answer for you.

Hes rooting for himself, but I know Im a close second.

CHANDLER:Let me answer your question with a question: Which benefits me more?

After being overlooked for so long, had you guys given up on the Emmy thing?

CHANDLER:One, it was more people telling me You should have been nominated.

It was completely secondary.

I never enjoyed doing what I do more than when I did it.

Ive never felt safer with the people around me that I worked with.

And not just cast, but crew, producers, writers.

The whole thing was such a classy ordeal; it was wonderful.

I told someone the other day, this Emmy situation, its icing on the cake.

If it never happens, I am so satisfied with what we did and proud.

Theres an amount of ownership that goes along with it.

I was never upset that I did not get an Emmy.

That I did get an Emmy nomination, I couldnt be happier and prouder.

BRITTON:I completely agree with everything he said.

We have been so fortunate on this show because people have been appreciative of the work weve done.

Having the Emmy nomination, initially you think, this somehow is different, but it really changes nothing.

Its just nice to have respect and this standardized acknowledgment.

But the truth is, the work will still be the work; it will always be the work.

Its no different having been nominated or not nominated.

Whats next for you both?

BRITTON:I love TV.

Im not looking to stay anywhere.

I sort of just feel like I havent quite come to the surface yet.

I think it might be fun to develop something.

There will be lots of options.

Theres a mini-movement afoot to get you cast on the remake ofPrime Suspectat NBC.

BRITTON:[Laughs] Im aware.

I love that you have spearheaded that.

What about you, Kyle?

CHANDLER:Im just playing it by ear.