Allison Janney Quotes

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Allison Janney

Profession : Actress

Birth : November 19, 1960

I was playing 40-year-old women when I was 20. I didn't get considered for ingenue roles.

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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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One out of forty American men wears women's clothing. We've had more than forty presidents. One of these guys has been dancing around the Oval Office in a prom dress.

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Birthdays are getting harder as I get older.

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I'd love to do a James Bond-y kind of villain!

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Every character I do has a bit of my mum in her. She's like the doyenne of Dayton, Ohio.

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I'm a sponge. I sometimes don't want to go out of my house because it's like, 'Who's going to make me cry today?'

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People are usually so disappointed with book-to-movie translations.

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I can sit down at the piano and make you think I know how to play the piano because I know, like, the beginnings of four songs.

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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 love arts and crafts.

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I know there are a lot of tall, beautiful actresses like Uma Thurman and Nicole Kidman who are my height, but they're still half the size of me!

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It's a great way to start the day, hearing you've been nominated for an Emmy. It's just thrilling.

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Before I even wanted to be an actor, I wanted to be a figure skater.

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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'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.

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At times, maybe I'm too competitive for my own good.

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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 like people trying to do two things at once.

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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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