Character Quote by Allison Janney Download Open image “Every character I do has a bit of my mum in her. She's like the doyenne of Dayton, Ohio.” — Allison Janney ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Character Her Like Ohio She
I still think of my mum as being kind of a dork - a cooler one, but still a dork. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm not much like my mother; that role falls to my brothers, who have more of her blithe and freewheeling spirit. — Meghan O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Mum and I have always been close. Her adoptive parents died when she was 18, and she doesn't have any other kids, so I'm… — Jacob Anderson Copy Share Image
She was just my mum, end of story. She was just the mum that wakes up in the morning with a sleepy head, who… — Sean Hepburn Ferrer Copy Share Image
One of the great things about my mother is she really valued people's character more than what they did. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The character of 'Mama' is so ambitious in a way that everything I did was always on the verge of being almost funny. So… — Andy Muschietti Copy Share Image
My mom's amazing 'mom skills' have set the tone for my sister Muffy to be an amazing mother herself. — Natalya Neidhart Copy Share Image
I definitely paid my dues, and I'm grateful for everything and for my good friends. — Allison Janney Copy Share Image
I guess my height has hurt me as much as it's helped me. In comedy people don't mind casting tall women next to shorter… — Allison Janney Copy Share Image
I never think of a project as just being comedy or just being drama - even with 'Masters of Sex.' I like being sort… — Allison Janney Copy Share Image
I do like ensemble work. I would like to do a lead role, though. I didn't shy away from that. I'm desperately looking for… — Allison Janney Copy Share Image
Aaron Sorkin uses a lot of the same people again and again - the people he likes. I think if there's ever a part… — Allison Janney Copy Share Image
I always feel like a doctor who loses a patient on the operating table or something where I felt just devastated and I beat… — Allison Janney Copy Share Image
The real trick to auditioning is just letting go of trying to please them. Make it your own. That took me a long time… — Allison Janney Copy Share Image
It's hard to describe to people how terrible it was when you could only watch cartoons at a certain time in your life. — Allison Janney Copy Share Image
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,… — Allison Janney Copy Share Image
This may sound strange, but although I feel like I know everything about my characters, the brand of shampoo they use, how many cavities… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself. — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
When you're on a daytime drama you get one page, you better damn well know your character. You better know what she would do… — David Hudgins Copy Share Image
It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Your looks don't make you pretty, it's the person inside who makes you pretty! — Aaron Chan Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge social media kind of guy, so I don't really know, I don't really ever get... at least in real life,… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image