Allison Janney Quotes
I love the wilder, more outlandish characters that are hard to make believable. Those are the ones I want to play.
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There is no such thing as a perfect mother.
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There was a time when no difficult subjects were ever aired in the 'Lady', and sadly, life isn't like that.
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I put everything I think is sexy into my shoes.
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From the age of eighteen to twenty-one, I worked any job I could get my hands on. One of these jobs was selling fake paintings door-to-door.
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I just don't think the title 'MJ's daughter' fits me.
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When you're not involved, other people's unhappiness seems to be about the funniest damn thing on earth because you think you can solve it, that you are God, that you are above this, and that their unhappiness is just such useless toil and agony. If it's you, it ceases to be a comedy.
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I want to make music that I like; not something that I have to make because I think it's going to sell.
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You can't, no matter what anyone says, build a movie around someone.
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Getting to do 'December Songs' in a cabaret-style format was so interesting because it's like a one-woman song cycle that actually tells a story. It feels like a theatrical experience more than a cabaret because I didn't talk in between. We went from one song to the next, nine songs in a row - bam - I told the story in half an hour.
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I learned how quickly I could go from having never met someone to having the world think I'm dating them.
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A lot of people... kind of make heroes that are separate from us, people who are, you know, like... John Wayne and Errol Flynn and, you know, Denzel Washington... people who are different, who are larger than life.
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But my mother and father were married when my mom was 20 and my dad was 24.
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What art does is it makes you feel alive and makes you feel like you're connected.
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For example, the equivalent of a woman being treated as a sex object is a man being treated as a success object.
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Political civility is not about being polite to each other. It's about reclaiming the power of 'We the People' to come together, debate the common good and call American democracy back to its highest values amid our differences.
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I'm definitely neurotic. I don't cross streets and stuff.
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I think people get satisfaction from living for a cause that's greater than themselves. They want to leave an imprint. By writing books, I'm trying to do that in a modest way.
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As cheesy as it sounds, nothing beats a smile and a bit of confidence! As long as you feel good on the inside, you can still look beautiful without any makeup at all.
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When I grew up, I thought I was Jewish. Now I don't consider myself Jewish. I consider myself a Kabbalist.
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There is no such thing as going on to something bigger and better than 'M*A*S*H' because there is nothing bigger and better. I have done the best I can do, and been in the best I could be in on television - with the best people.
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He never admitted anything, even on his deathbed. He was a deluded liar. If it weren't for my father, I don't think I would be so open. So that's a huge blessing.
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I love the wilder, more outlandish characters that are hard to make believable. Those are the ones I want to play.
