Allison Janney Quotes
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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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I want to feel sexy and pretty and young as long as I can.
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I'd love to do a James Bond-y kind of villain!
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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'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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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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'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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The only guilty pleasure I have is pasta.
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I definitely paid my dues, and I'm grateful for everything and for my good friends.
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Great drama is all about conflict, and what's a better conflict than Republican-Democrat?
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People are usually so disappointed with book-to-movie translations.
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I like people trying to do two things at once.
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My height does help me. I can hide a multitude of sins in my height.
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Everyone couldn't be happier and more terrified.
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Being a figure skater myself and knowing what it took for my parents to get up at five in the morning to drive me to the rink before school and then drive me to practice after school - it's a huge commitment for any family.
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I don't like to lose.
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Most Republicans call the show 'The Left Wing.'
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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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Before I even wanted to be an actor, I wanted to be a figure skater.
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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've never been with a group of people for that long. I mean, even my family I don't think I know as intimately as the people I worked with on 'West Wing.'
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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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I feel better when I'm working. I tend to not know who I am when I'm not working. That worries me a little bit... I've been fortunate to be so busy, but I haven't developed any other skills.