Alison Elliott Quotes

United States, Actress
May 19, 1970

Alison A. Elliott is an American actress. She was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for the 1997 film The Wings of the Dove. Her other film appearances include The Spitfire Grill (1996), Birth (2004), The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) and 20th Century Women (2016).

That's one of my problems is that there are so many songs to sing that I sort of get indecisive about what I want to do in a show - because there are so many possibilities! There are so many great songs out there.

Alison Elliott
- Songs
- Show
- Possibilities
I realized that acting was something I wasn't going to be lazy about. You feel good when you do it well. It is something that can grow in you.

Alison Elliott
- Feel
- Acting
- Grow

I would love to do an all Laura Nyro show.

Alison Elliott
- Love
- Show
I wasn't a great student. Just give me a school with no grades, and I'll be happy.

Alison Elliott
- School
- Happy
- Student
I like playing dress-up, and I love pretty jewels, but for me, being a 'movie star' would be a very dangerous place.

Alison Elliott
- Star
- Dangerous
- Dress Up
Drawing attention to myself has never been a goal.

Alison Elliott
- Attention
- Goal
- Drawing
I always wanted to be a character actor. I love watching movies where you don't recognize someone because they're so lost in the part.

Alison Elliott
- Character
- Movies
- Actor
It's hard to act in a corset. Your breath gets cut off. You're squashed.

Alison Elliott
- Act
- Corset
- Squashed