Top 35 Allison Janney Quotes

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

I’d love to do a James Bond-y kind of villain!
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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 go on a hunt for things that make sense to me and that I can actively play as an actress.
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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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Birthdays are getting harder as I get older.
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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’m so hard on myself and a really harsh critic of my work.
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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 late bloomer in a lot of areas in life.
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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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My height does help me. I can hide a multitude of sins in my height.
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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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It is a very difficult job, being the servant of two masters.
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I really am at peace with not being a mom.
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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 can access emotions very easily.
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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.
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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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Great drama is all about conflict, and what’s a better conflict than Republican-Democrat?
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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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As a teenager, I played men in my first two plays.
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Most Republicans call the show ‘The Left Wing.’
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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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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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The loss of my brother was a huge moment, a life-changer for 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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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 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 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 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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Everyone couldn’t be happier and more terrified.
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I have the power of my height. Growing up, it was a tot

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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The only guilty pleasure I have is pasta.
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I’m afraid of flying.
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I’m actually a pretty shy person in real life with new people.
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