Allison Janney

I didn't understand the reasons why I was there in the Lost episode - the mysteries of the island. I just instead…

— Allison Janney

I love wasting time and learning to lip-sync to songs; it's a silly hobby of mine.

— Allison Janney

Everyone couldn't be happier and more terrified.

— Allison Janney

The way you talk to yourself sometimes is terrible! I hear myself, and I go, 'I can't believe you're talking to my…

— Allison Janney

I trust other people to tell me if it's too far or tasteless, because there's not too much that I won't do.…

— Allison Janney

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

— Allison Janney

The first job where I actually made money was on 'Guiding Light,' the soap opera. And I played a maid. My name…

— Allison Janney

I'm a sponge. I sometimes don't want to go out of my house because it's like, 'Who's going to make me cry…

— Allison Janney

I just wish that I had a part in everything Aaron Sorkin wrote. Sometimes I wish I was a member of an…

— Allison Janney

The pre-shoot days are so relaxed and fun and the writers are laughing. I love the rehearsal process.

— Allison Janney

I think it was a subject matter that The Social Network didn't involve a lot of women. That's all I think it…

— Allison Janney

I'm a big girl, but I have a delicate constitution emotionally. If I've been humiliated in some audition, I just cry all…

— Allison Janney

I can access emotions very easily.

— Allison Janney

I love the wilder, more outlandish characters that are hard to make believable. Those are the ones I want to play.

— Allison Janney

The wonderful thing about Crystal in Mr. Sunshine is that she doesn't have any boundaries. She's not aware socially of what's correct…

— Allison Janney

The live aspect is so thrilling, I get nervous again. It's like going on stage.

— Allison Janney

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

— Allison Janney

I did Alan Ball's 'Five Women Wearing the Same Dress,' and then he put me in 'American Beauty.' Everything started to happen…

— Allison Janney

I don't like to lose.

— Allison Janney

I was playing 40-year-old women when I was 20. I didn't get considered for ingenue roles.

— Allison Janney

I like people trying to do two things at once.

— Allison Janney

Every character I do has a bit of my mum in her. She's like the doyenne of Dayton, Ohio.

— Allison Janney

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

— Allison Janney

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

— Allison Janney

'Talullah' is a movie I'm really proud of. Sian Heder is the director/writer, and I think she's extraordinarily talented. I think it…

— Allison Janney