Allison Janney Quotes

• 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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• 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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• Most Republicans call the show ‘The Left Wing.’

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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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• It is a very difficult job, being the servant of two masters.

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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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• I’m afraid of flying.

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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 like people trying to do two things at once.

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• I have the power of my height. Growing up, it was a total drawback. There was nothing good about it at all.

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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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• I can tell when men are threatened by my height.

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• I can access emotions very easily.

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• I am lucky enough to have Aaron Sorkin write what I have to say.

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• Great drama is all about conflict, and what’s a better conflict than Republican-Democrat?

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• Everyone couldn’t be happier and more terrified.

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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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Allison Janney (17)

Birth:	19th November, 1959
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress

About

Allison Brooks Janney was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in Dayton, Ohio. She is an American actress. She played White House Press Secretary C. J. Cregg on the television series The West Wing, a role for which she won four Primetime Emmy Awards, a Satellite Award and four Screen Actors Guild Awards and was nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, an AFI Award and a further two Primetime Emmy Awards, one Satellite Award and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards. Her films include Big Night, Primary Colors, Drop Dead Gorgeous, 10 Things I Hate About You, American Beauty, The Hours, Finding Nemo, Hairspray, Juno, The Help, and The Way Way Back. Currently, Janney stars in the CBS sitcom Mom as Bonnie Plunkett and had a recurring role on the Showtime series Masters of Sex as Margaret Scully.

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