Allison Janney Quotes

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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.

  Allison Janney

  Men, Dancing, Office

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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.

  Allison Janney

  Winning, Thinking, People

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• Don’t ever underestimate the power of mentoring someone, or helping some young actor, doing a favor for them, or introducing - everyone needs somebody to help them along when they’re first starting out.

  Allison Janney

  Needs, Actors, Favors

  "Allison Janney Talks Working with Jason Bateman, Pranks, Her Desire to Be on HOMELAND, THE WEST WING, and More on the Set of BAD WORDS". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintarub, collider.com. March 29, 2014.

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• I like people trying to do two things at once.

  Allison Janney

  Two, People, Trying

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• One of the advantages of being an older woman in films,is that you don't care as much about so many things. There are women in history throughout the world that need to be portrayed. Women don't stop being interesting at 20, they get more interesting and more fascinating and people are going to have to write about them. We're undeniable.

  Allison Janney

  Writing, Interesting, People

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I love wasting time and learning to lip-sync to songs; it's a silly hobby of mine.

  Allison Janney

  Song, Silly, Hobbies

  "Allison Janney Talks 'Mom,' 'Sex' & 'The Jackal'". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, www.etonline.com. September 30, 2013.

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• One of the things I love about acting is other actors, looking into their eyes, and working off them, and listening and responding to them.

  Allison Janney

  Eye, Listening, Acting

  "MINIONS: Allison Janney and Jon Hamm Talk Animation, Their Characters, and More". Roundtable Interview, collider.com. July 9, 2015.

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• It is a very difficult job, being the servant of two masters.

  Allison Janney

  Jobs, Two, Masters

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• I didn't understand the reasons why I was there in the Lost episode - the mysteries of the island. I just instead made my own little reality, made it as simple as possible. I figured I was a crazy woman, just a little screw loose. I don't know how I got on that island. No one could tell me how I got there either, so I just assumed I got there on a shipwreck, and I went a little nutty.

  Allison Janney

  Crazy, Simple, Reality

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I think one of my big skills is making unlikable characters likable or real in some way. No matter how hateful people are, there's always something vulnerable about them, or something that you can understand or relate to. I think that's my job as an actress - to find those.

  Allison Janney

  Real, Character, Thinking

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I never stop. I don't want to stop acting because I'm afraid it'll all end, so I never say no.

  Allison Janney

  Acting, Want, Ends

  "Jon Hamm, Allison Janney Interview, The Minions Movie". MoviesOnline Interview, www.moviesonline.ca.

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• I trust other people to tell me if it's too far or tasteless, because there's not too much that I won't do. I like to push the limits. Obviously, that's more dangerous and more fun for everybody.

  Allison Janney

  Fun, People, Dangerous

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I always feel like a doctor who loses a patient on the operating table or something where I felt just devastated and I beat myself up until I get to try it the next night and “I'll get it better tonight.” So I'm hard on myself. I think I'm not alone in that regard with acting.

  Allison Janney

  Thinking, Night, Doctors

  "Interview: ‘Mom’ star Allison Janney talks multi-cam drama, comic grieving". Interview with Daniel Fienberg, uproxx.com. April 2, 2015.

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• It's a challenge for me to make people like me. Maybe it's just my desperate need for people to like me, that I choose the characters I have to play. You will like me, I don't care what I've done, you're going to like me.

  Allison Janney

  Character, People, Challenges

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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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.

  Allison Janney

  Animal, Hands, Would Be

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• I'm not very comfortable being an actorvist so to get to do something that I believe in is a much more comfortable way for me to be political.

  Allison Janney

  Believe, Political, Way

  "Allison Janney Talks Working with Jason Bateman, Pranks, Her Desire to Be on HOMELAND, THE WEST WING, and More on the Set of BAD WORDS". Interview, collider.com. March 29, 2014.

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• Aaron Sorkin wrote me one of the best female roles on television, I think. He's a wonderful writer for all people. If he chooses to write, hopefully he'll write something that involves more women next time, because I would love to do it.

  Allison Janney

  Writing, Thinking, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm the worst speller on the planet. I'm so glad for spellcheck on my phone.

  Allison Janney

  Phones, Planets, Worst

  "‘Bad Words’ Set Interview with Allison Janney". Interview on a Set, screenrant.com. March 06, 2014.

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• It was terrifying when Aaron Sorkin announced that he was leaving West Wing, he and Tommy Schlamme. We felt like our parents were abandoning us. It was a tremendously sad day and I'm sure I will never understand exactly all the reasons why that happened.

  Allison Janney

  Parent, Leaving, Sad Day

  Source: www.empireonline.com

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• I can access emotions very easily.

  Allison Janney

  Emotion, Access, I Can

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• It's hard to describe to people how terrible it was when you could only watch cartoons at a certain time in your life.

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  People, Cartoon, Watches

  "MINIONS: Allison Janney and Jon Hamm Talk Animation, Their Characters, and More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. July 9, 2015.

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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.

  Allison Janney

  Great Day, Way, Hearing

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• I do like ensemble work. I would like to do a lead role, though. I didn't shy away from that.
  I'm desperately looking for a lead role to do in a film, an independent film, and it just hasn't come my way yet. I'm desperately looking for that role that will put me in a lead category. Or a television series.

  Allison Janney

  Independent, Shy, Film

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm afraid of flying.

  Allison Janney

  Flying

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

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  Writing, Lucky, Enough

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