Allison Janney Quotes
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Politics scared the crap out of me because I didn't grow up in a family where we talked about anything, really, except, 'Pass the peas, and do this.'... We didn't really have political discussions at the dinner table. I didn't learn how to watch or listen to politics.
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I want to feel sexy and pretty and young as long as I can.
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I was a hard fit at a young age. I didn't make sense as an ingenue or a leading love-interest lady.
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I'm a big girl, but I have a delicate constitution emotionally. If I've been humiliated in some audition, I just cry all the way home and think, 'Oh my God, I suck.'
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As a teenager, I played men in my first two plays.
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I'd love to do a James Bond-y kind of villain!
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I'm afraid of flying.
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I'd like to make really important movies, like American Beauty. I was really proud to be a part of that movie.
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I say I'm 5 feet 12 inches. I'm definitely 6 feet. In my heels, I'm 6 feet 3 inches.
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The only guilty pleasure I have is pasta.
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The fact that 'Mom' is not joke, joke, joke - and is investing in these characters and their lives, things that really happen to people - I think it's resonating, and that's why people are tuning into it and not just dismissing it as a multi-cam sitcom.
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I like people trying to do two things at once.
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I spent a lot of time in the trenches in New York doing a lot of off-off-off Broadway theater.
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I don't like to lose.
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My dream is to have a creativity barn, in my back yard, which is full of musical instruments and every kind of paint and oils and paper, and you can just go in and make something.
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It's a beautiful feeling to be out on the ice, breathing in the cold air and hearing the blades hit the ice. It's kind of romantic.
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Before I even wanted to be an actor, I wanted to be a figure skater.
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If I could stomach the awful part of being a veterinarian, which involves sticking your hand up animals' behinds, I would be a vet.
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In my career, I am so so happy and grateful for everything I've gotten to do. And yet, I wish I had started off earlier so I could, I don't know... I certainly have not not gotten work because of my age, but I'm just gonna pray and hope that the roles will still keep coming as I get older.
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People are usually so disappointed with book-to-movie translations.
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Great drama is all about conflict, and what's a better conflict than Republican-Democrat?
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I did Alan Ball's 'Five Women Wearing the Same Dress,' and then he put me in 'American Beauty.' Everything started to happen from all the years I put into the theater in New York City, and working, and having great parents who supported me through that.
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'Talullah' is a movie I'm really proud of. Sian Heder is the director/writer, and I think she's extraordinarily talented. I think it was a beautiful story.
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I've always been a figure skater and ballet dancer. I love physical comedy, and any chance that I get to do that... that is so me.