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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

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Allison Janney
Age: 64
Born: 1959
Born: November 19
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Boston
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