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I like people trying to do two things at once.

Allison Janney

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Allison Janney
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: November 19
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Boston
Massachusetts
Allison Brooks Janney
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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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It's a little weird accepting your voice coming out of an animated character. You don't buy it at first because it's your voice and none of us like our voices when we hear them recorded back.
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The wonderful thing about Crystal in Mr. Sunshine is that she doesn't have any boundaries. She's not aware socially of what's correct and incorrect. Crystal's probably the craziest character I've ever had to do and the furthest I've gone, with the only exception being Away We Go - I was pretty big in that.
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I guess my height has hurt me as much as it's helped me. In comedy people don't mind casting tall women next to shorter men. It adds to the humour.
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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.
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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.
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Comedy is a serious business. It's frustrating when I can't find the right thing that makes the crew laugh. If I don't make them laugh, I get very disappointed in myself. You don't really have a live audience, so you just depend on the crew to let you know if you're doing something funny.
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I'm the worst speller on the planet. I'm so glad for spellcheck on my phone.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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It was great to have a Republican character as likeable as Alan Alda was in the West Wing. He was one Republican I would probably vote for he was old school.
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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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It is a very difficult job, being the servant of two masters.
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The pre-shoot days are so relaxed and fun and the writers are laughing. I love the rehearsal process.
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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 can access emotions very easily.
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