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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.
Allison Janney
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Allison Janney
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: November 19
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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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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.
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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 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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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 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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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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Annette Bening should've won Oscar for American Beauty. I mean, I know Hilary Swank was there, she was so great too... Annette deserves one. She better win. I'm an Academy voter, and I voted for her.
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I can tell when men are threatened by my height.
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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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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 never stop. I don't want to stop acting because I'm afraid it'll all end, so I never say no.
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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 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 love working on the fly when the writers come up with new jokes on show nights. It's exciting. I love it so much.
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Great drama is all about conflict, and what's a better conflict than Republican-Democrat?
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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.
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I am lucky enough to have Aaron Sorkin write what I have to say.
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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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I'm afraid of flying.
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