--- title: "1 Leading Lady Quotes By Joan Allen" description: "1 Leading Lady quotes by Joan Allen. Plus more from Joan Allen and more Leading Lady sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/071/joan-allen-15752_actor_i-think-of-myself-more-as-a-character-ac_2951547.jpg" --- > [I think of myself more as a character actor than that ingenue leading lady, who started out something like Michelle Pfeiffer, or Jessica Lange. I'm a bit quirkier than that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-allen/i-think-of-myself-more-as-a-character-actor-than-that-ingenue-leading/) [Joan Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-allen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/071/joan-allen-15752_actor_i-think-of-myself-more-as-a-character-ac_2951547.jpg) ## More by Joan Allen > [I think plays deserve other interpretations. They should live on, and other people should should take their hand at them. I'm very supportive of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-allen/i-think-plays-deserve-other-interpretations-they-should-live-on-and/) [Joan Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-allen/) > [I think the people who cast films tend to think of me in regard to strong women with integrity and a lot of it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-allen/i-think-the-people-who-cast-films-tend-to-think-of-me-in-regard-to/) [Joan Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-allen/) > [I wasn't one of those kids who was like, 'Get me to New York. Get me to a big city.' I was always much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-allen/i-wasn-t-one-of-those-kids-who-was-like-get-me-to-new-york-get-me-to/) [Joan Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-allen/) > [It's important to really listen to the other person and have them feel like they're heard, to make sure the relationship feels equal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-allen/it-s-important-to-really-listen-to-the-other-person-and-have-them/) [Joan Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-allen/) > [When I was 20 years old and first with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, we had an 88-seat theater in a basement and no money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-allen/when-i-was-20-years-old-and-first-with-the-steppenwolf-theatre/) [Joan Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-allen/) > [Once I got to high school and auditioned for a play and got in, I thought this was really what I was looking for.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-allen/once-i-got-to-high-school-and-auditioned-for-a-play-and-got-in-i/) [Joan Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-allen/) > [I don't have a political bone in my body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-allen/i-don-t-have-a-political-bone-in-my-body/) [Joan Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-allen/) > [I didn't really think about being a movie star. I was more about theater.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-allen/i-didn-t-really-think-about-being-a-movie-star-i-was-more-about/) [Joan Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-allen/) > [I was a very good girl for a long time, that's what really drew me to acting. The stage was the perfect place to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-allen/i-was-a-very-good-girl-for-a-long-time-that-s-what-really-drew-me-to/) [Joan Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-allen/) > [There are not many things that can happen much worse to a family than having a member taken and not knowing what happened to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-allen/there-are-not-many-things-that-can-happen-much-worse-to-a-family-than/) [Joan Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-allen/) > [I think there's been a tendency to place me in what has been characterised as the 'moral centre' of the film. In films like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-allen/i-think-there-s-been-a-tendency-to-place-me-in-what-has-been/) [Joan Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-allen/) > [Almost any film that you do is an opportunity to open you up and make you more aware of an area that you might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-allen/almost-any-film-that-you-do-is-an-opportunity-to-open-you-up-and-make/) [Joan Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-allen/) > [I'm pretty picky about plays.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-allen/i-m-pretty-picky-about-plays/) [Joan Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-allen/) > [How do we escape who we are? I think, going to college, I felt freer. I loved the clean slate. I wasn't known as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-allen/how-do-we-escape-who-we-are-i-think-going-to-college-i-felt-freer-i/) [Joan Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-allen/) > [Acting gave me the opportunity to do outrageous things. It allowed me to be sad, happy, angry and lustful even if it was just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-allen/acting-gave-me-the-opportunity-to-do-outrageous-things-it-allowed-me/) [Joan Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-allen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/leading-lady/joan-allen/#itemlist", "name": "1 Leading Lady Quotes By Joan Allen", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think of myself more as a character actor than that ingenue leading lady, who started out something like Michelle Pfeiffer, or Jessica Lange. 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