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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.

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Allison Janney
Age: 64
Born: 1959
Born: November 19
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Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
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Boston
Massachusetts
Allison Brooks Janney
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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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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 just wish that I had a part in everything Aaron Sorkin wrote. Sometimes I wish I was a member of an acting troupe where we all just kept working together, the same people. I can't, unfortunately, be in everything he writes. I'm excited for him, but I'm jealous that I wasn't a part of it.
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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 like people trying to do two things at once.
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It is a very difficult job, being the servant of two masters.
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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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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 can tell when men are threatened by my height.
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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.
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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 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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With John Wayne Gacy - the serial killer who dressed up as a clown - there's just something about clowns I don't trust. I don't think they're particularly funny. They're a little spooky. Not my sense of humor, I don't laugh at clowns.
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The live aspect is so thrilling, I get nervous again. It's like going on stage.
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I can access emotions very easily.
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I never watched Lost. I just thought it would be fun to be part of something that was such a big part of pop culture. But I thought I was going to be acting with more of the other people. I didn't know that I was going to be on my own on the island, doing this whole other storyline.
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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.
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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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