Allison Janney

Actress

66 Quotes

I know what it feels like to love and care about things, but I've never had that instinct to have kids.

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.

It's a great way to start the day, hearing you've been nominated for an Emmy. It's just thrilling.

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.

I say I'm 5 feet 12 inches. I'm definitely 6 feet. In my heels, I'm 6 feet 3 inches.

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

The first job where I actually made money was on 'Guiding Light,' the soap opera. And I played a maid. My name was Ginger, and I had a Brooklyn accent - a really bad one, if I remember correctly.

I want to feel sexy and pretty and young as long as I can.

I felt like my career started late, and I think it was because of my height - and maybe some of my confidence issues.

My dream is to have a creativity barn, in my back yard, which is full of musical instruments and every kind of paint and oils and paper, and you can just go in and make something.

If I could stomach the awful part of being a veterinarian, which involves sticking your hand up animals' behinds, I would be a vet.

The fact that 'Mom' is not joke, joke, joke - and is investing in these characters and their lives, things that really happen to people - I think it's resonating, and that's why people are tuning into it and not just dismissing it as a multi-cam sitcom.

I definitely paid my dues, and I'm grateful for everything and for my good friends.

Everyone couldn't be happier and more terrified.

As a teenager, I played men in my first two plays.

It's a beautiful feeling to be out on the ice, breathing in the cold air and hearing the blades hit the ice. It's kind of romantic.

I really am at peace with not being a mom.

People are usually so disappointed with book-to-movie translations.

I grew up with brothers. I love men. Of course it's hard to be a woman in a man's world.

I'm afraid of flying.

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