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Allison Janney
American
Actress
Born:
Nov 19
,
1960
Love
Me
Men
People
Think
You
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Great drama is all about conflict, and what's a better conflict than Republican-Democrat?
Allison Janney
Great
Conflict
Better
Drama
About
Than
The real trick to auditioning is just letting go of trying to please them. Make it your own. That took me a long time to learn.
Allison Janney
Time
Me
Long
Long Time
Own
Took
Please
Trick
Make
Learn
Real
Auditioning
Go
Trying
Just
Them
Your
Letting
Letting Go
The only guilty pleasure I have is pasta.
Allison Janney
Pleasure
Guilty
Guilty Pleasure
Only
Pasta
I say I'm 5 feet 12 inches. I'm definitely 6 feet. In my heels, I'm 6 feet 3 inches.
Allison Janney
Say
Definitely
Feet
Heels
Inches
Every character I do has a bit of my mum in her. She's like the doyenne of Dayton, Ohio.
Allison Janney
Character
Every
Bit
Like
Dayton
She
Ohio
Mum
Her
Growing up, everybody told me I was good. I was playing ping-pong with my father, and he'd say, 'That's a good shot,' but I'd mess up the next one, and I'd yell, 'Don't tell me that! I'll mess up! Just don't say anything!' You know, if someone says, 'You can't do that,' then I'm going to be, 'Yeah, you watch me.'
Allison Janney
Good
Me
You
Father
Everybody
Say
Says
Tell
Someone
He
Know
Mess
Yeah
Yell
Up
Going
Just
Anything
Then
Shot
Next
Growing
Growing Up
Watch
Playing
I was playing 40-year-old women when I was 20. I didn't get considered for ingenue roles.
Allison Janney
Women
Considered
Get
Roles
Ingenue
Playing
I spent a lot of time in the trenches in New York doing a lot of off-off-off Broadway theater.
Allison Janney
Time
Trenches
Spent
Broadway
New
Doing
Lot
York
New York
Theater
I definitely paid my dues, and I'm grateful for everything and for my good friends.
Allison Janney
Good
Grateful
Good Friends
Everything
Definitely
Dues
Friends
Paid
I'm afraid of flying.
Allison Janney
Flying
Afraid
I like people trying to do two things at once.
Allison Janney
People
Once
Like
Trying
Things
Two
I'd like to make really important movies, like American Beauty. I was really proud to be a part of that movie.
Allison Janney
Important
Beauty
Part
Like
Make
Proud
American
Movie
Movies
Really
It's a great way to start the day, hearing you've been nominated for an Emmy. It's just thrilling.
Allison Janney
Day
Great
You
Way
Thrilling
Emmy
Nominated
Great Way
Been
Hearing
Just
Start
I grew up with brothers. I love men. Of course it's hard to be a woman in a man's world.
Allison Janney
Love
Man
Woman
World
Men
Brothers
Course
Up
Grew
Hard
I am lucky enough to have Aaron Sorkin write what I have to say.
Allison Janney
Enough
Say
Write
Am
Lucky
I never know how I'll feel on any given day, but I've got to look around me and take what I got and find some inspiration, some anger.
Allison Janney
Day
Me
Anger
Find
Some
Given
Inspiration
Take
Never
Feel
Know
Look
Around
Got
How
Any
I know there are a lot of tall, beautiful actresses like Uma Thurman and Nicole Kidman who are my height, but they're still half the size of me!
Allison Janney
Beautiful
Me
Half
Thurman
Like
Know
Tall
Still
Lot
Size
Height
Who
Actress
Nicole
Nicole Kidman
I did Alan Ball's 'Five Women Wearing the Same Dress,' and then he put me in 'American Beauty.' Everything started to happen from all the years I put into the theater in New York City, and working, and having great parents who supported me through that.
Allison Janney
Great
Me
Women
Parents
Beauty
Everything
City
Wearing
Dress
Having
Through
He
Put
Supported
New
Ball
Years
Five
American
Did
York
Same
New York
New York City
Happen
Theater
Then
Working
Who
Alan
Started
The loss of my brother was a huge moment, a life-changer for me.
Allison Janney
Me
Brother
Loss
Huge
Moment
Politics scared the crap out of me because I didn't grow up in a family where we talked about anything, really, except, 'Pass the peas, and do this.'... We didn't really have political discussions at the dinner table. I didn't learn how to watch or listen to politics.
Allison Janney
Politics
Family
Me
Political
Dinner
Out
Dinner Table
Table
Scared
About
Except
Talked
Learn
Because
Pass
How
Up
Discussions
Listen
Where
Crap
Anything
Really
Grow
Grow Up
Watch
Peas
I felt like my career started late, and I think it was because of my height - and maybe some of my confidence issues.
Allison Janney
Confidence
Think
Late
Some
Like
Because
Felt
Issues
Maybe
Height
Started
Career
I love the wilder, more outlandish characters that are hard to make believable. Those are the ones I want to play.
Allison Janney
Love
Wilder
Those
Characters
Outlandish
More
Make
Want
Hard
Believable
Play
I go on a hunt for things that make sense to me and that I can actively play as an actress.
Allison Janney
Me
Sense
Hunt
Make
Go
Actively
Actress
Play
Things
I'm so hard on myself and a really harsh critic of my work.
Allison Janney
Work
Myself
Harsh
Critic
Really
Hard
I feel better when I'm working. I tend to not know who I am when I'm not working. That worries me a little bit... I've been fortunate to be so busy, but I haven't developed any other skills.
Allison Janney
Me
Better
Busy
Other
Worries
Bit
Tend
Developed
Feel
Know
Am
Been
Any
Little
Little Bit
Working
Skills
Fortunate
Who
'Talullah' is a movie I'm really proud of. Sian Heder is the director/writer, and I think she's extraordinarily talented. I think it was a beautiful story.
Allison Janney
Beautiful
Think
Extraordinarily
Talented
She
Proud
Movie
Story
Really
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