Allison Janney Quotes

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Allison Janney

Profession : Actress

Birth : November 19, 1960

The loss of my brother was a huge moment, a life-changer for me.

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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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The real trick to auditioning is just letting go of trying to please them. Make it your own. That took me a long time to learn.

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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 first job where I actually made money was on 'Guiding Light,' the soap opera. And I played a maid. My name was Ginger, and I had a Brooklyn accent - a really bad one, if I remember correctly.

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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 am lucky enough to have Aaron Sorkin write what I have to say.

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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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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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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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An agent said he didn't know what to do with me, I wouldn't be able to play any parts but lesbians and aliens.

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Great drama is all about conflict, and what's a better conflict than Republican-Democrat?

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I'm actually a pretty shy person in real life with new people.

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I never know how I'll feel on any given day, but I've got to look around me and take what I got and find some inspiration, some anger.

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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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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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As a teenager, I played men in my first two plays.

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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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I go on a hunt for things that make sense to me and that I can actively play as an actress.

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I want to feel sexy and pretty and young as long as I can.

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