Allison Janney Quotes

The Live Aspect Is So Thrilling, I Get Nervous Again. It's Like Going On Stage.

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.

I'd Like To Make Really Important Movies, Like American Beauty. I Was Really Proud To Be A Part Of That Movie.

Great Drama Is All About Conflict, And What's A Better Conflict Than Republican-democrat?

I Grew Up With Brothers. I Love Men. Of Course It's Hard To Be A Woman In A Man's World.

I Can Tell When Men Are Threatened By My Height.

It's A Little Weird Accepting Your Voice Coming Out Of An Animated Character. You Don't Buy It At First Because It's Your Voice And None Of Us Like Our Voices When We Hear Them Recorded Back.

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?

The Wonderful Thing About Crystal In Mr. Sunshine Is That She Doesn't Have Any Boundaries. She's Not Aware Socially Of What's Correct And Incorrect. Crystal's Probably The Craziest Character I've Ever Had To Do And The Furthest I've Gone, With The Only Exception Being Away We Go - I Was Pretty Big In That.

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.

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.

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.