My father, John, ran the Dowd Insurance Co. in town, which was started by his great-grandfather. My mother, Dolores, was a homemaker who kept an eye on all of us. — Ann Dowd Copy Share Image
To me, being an actor is the best job in the land, next to being a mother and having a family and a husband. I just think it's the realization of, "Hey, this is the greatest situation in the world." — Ann Dowd Copy Share Image
The great thing about an independent film is that you're too busy working, and you're too busy hoping to God to get it done. — Ann Dowd Copy Share Image
The day after Trump was elected, I happened to be home in New York. I went to bed for the day. — Ann Dowd Copy Share Image
It's a question of dropping the armor and getting up and doing the work you want to do. And film at first is frightening… — Ann Dowd Copy Share Image
When I won the Emmy, the profound sense of gratitude when my name was said I cannot express enough. It was one of the… — Ann Dowd Copy Share Image
It's a funny thing about being raised Catholic and then going to Catholic schools with nuns - the cliche about the mean nun was… — Ann Dowd Copy Share Image
Wherever the career wasn't going the way I wanted it to, I would experience those disappointments, and I would put them somewhere where I… — Ann Dowd Copy Share Image
When I was pregnant with my first child, I was 35 years old, and I was working in a pet shop. — Ann Dowd Copy Share Image
Forgiveness, in some cases, is a flipping miracle in the sense that you're fighting, and suddenly something happens. It's a kind of grace. Whether… — Ann Dowd Copy Share Image
The Leftovers was an absolutely extraordinary experience. After the first season of learning to work with Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta, and all of… — Ann Dowd Copy Share Image
In general, between an actor and a character, there needs to be a falling in love, if you will - which I'm saying in… — Ann Dowd Copy Share Image
