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It's a challenge for me to make people like me. Maybe it's just my desperate need for people to like me, that I choose the characters I have to play. You will like me, I don't care what I've done, you're going to like me.

Allison Janney

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Allison Janney
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: November 19
Actor
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Television Actor
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Boston
Massachusetts
Allison Brooks Janney
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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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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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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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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 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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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 love wasting time and learning to lip-sync to songs it's a silly hobby of mine.
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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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I can access emotions very easily.
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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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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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The live aspect is so thrilling, I get nervous again. It's like going on stage.
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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's a great way to start the day, hearing you've been nominated for an Emmy. It's just thrilling.
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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 like people trying to do two things at once.
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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 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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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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