Allison Janney Quotes

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Allison Janney

Profession : Actress

Birth : November 19, 1960

Someone said I wasn't attractive enough. People say those things, but they make you stronger. Then you can win an Emmy and think, ha, ha, ha.

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I definitely paid my dues, and I'm grateful for everything and for my good friends.

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Everyone couldn't be happier and more terrified.

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Most Republicans call the show 'The Left Wing.'

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I'm afraid of flying.

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I know what it feels like to love and care about things, but I've never had that instinct to have kids.

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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.

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I can tell when men are threatened by my height.

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I felt like my career started late, and I think it was because of my height - and maybe some of my confidence issues.

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I'm so hard on myself and a really harsh critic of my work.

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I'm one of those actors who fall into the camp of never wanting to look at themselves on camera ever, thank you very much. I do not and will not, because I am my worst critic.

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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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My height does help me. I can hide a multitude of sins in my height.

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The only guilty pleasure I have is pasta.

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The way you talk to yourself sometimes is terrible! I hear myself, and I go, 'I can't believe you're talking to my friend Allison like that!' It's really terrible, the things we say to ourselves.

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I have the power of my height. Growing up, it was a total drawback. There was nothing good about it at all.

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I really am at peace with not being a mom.

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I hate auditioning so much.

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I never think of a project as just being comedy or just being drama - even with 'Masters of Sex.' I like being sort of messy, like life is.

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Growing up, everybody told me I was good. I was playing ping-pong with my father, and he'd say, 'That's a good shot,' but I'd mess up the next one, and I'd yell, 'Don't tell me that! I'll mess up! Just don't say anything!' You know, if someone says, 'You can't do that,' then I'm going to be, 'Yeah, you watch me.'

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