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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.
Allison Janney
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Allison Janney
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: November 19
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Allison Brooks Janney
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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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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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Great drama is all about conflict, and what's a better conflict than Republican-Democrat?
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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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I got offered that role in Transamerica that Felicity Huffman did. That was a part that I was like, Well, maybe I should've done that. I'm at peace with it, but that is one thing that I did turn down that went on to do great things for her. I wonder what would've happened if I would've done that.
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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.
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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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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 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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I grew up with brothers. I love men. Of course it's hard to be a woman in a man's world.
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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 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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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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I can't imagine trying to be in recovery. I mean it would be hard enough with just life going along in a nice way, but then when awful stuff happens, how you maintain the strength to get through it?
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