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Joan Allen

(1956) Television Actor United States

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Joan Allen is a television actor from the United States, best known for Papers for the people.

Quick Facts About Joan Allen

Born: August 20, 1956
Nationality: United States
Profession: Television Actor
Notable works: Papers for the people
Spouse: Peter Friedman

About Joan Allen

Joan Allen is an American actress. Known for her work on stage and screen, she has received various accolades, including a Tony Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Theatre World Award National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress

Quotes 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…

Deserve

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I think the people who cast films tend to think of me in regard to strong women with integrity and a lot…

Casts

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I wasn't one of those kids who was like, 'Get me to New York. Get me to a big city.' I was…

Big city

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It's important to really listen to the other person and have them feel like they're heard, to make sure the relationship feels…

Feel

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When I was 20 years old and first with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, we had an 88-seat theater in a basement and…

Company

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Once I got to high school and auditioned for a play and got in, I thought this was really what I was…

High school

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I don't have a political bone in my body.

Body

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I didn't really think about being a movie star. I was more about theater.

Being

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I was a very good girl for a long time, that's what really drew me to acting. The stage was the perfect…

Acting

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There are not many things that can happen much worse to a family than having a member taken and not knowing what…

Family

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I think there's been a tendency to place me in what has been characterised as the 'moral centre' of the film. In…

Cinema

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Almost any film that you do is an opportunity to open you up and make you more aware of an area that…

Career

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I'm pretty picky about plays.

About

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How do we escape who we are? I think, going to college, I felt freer. I loved the clean slate. I wasn't…

Clean slate

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Acting gave me the opportunity to do outrageous things. It allowed me to be sad, happy, angry and lustful even if it…

Acting

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My favorite way of learning for acting has been doing it, not talking about it.

Acting

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I think that I do separate myself a fair amount. And I don't feel like I am representing women. That's up to…

Amount

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'Room' was more a study of an individual event, and 'The Family' takes off from there.

Education

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I'm not a huge risk taker. I think that, for me, I take certain kinds of risks, but if you look at…

Airplane

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I learn from each experience, and I take it for what it is and gain what I can.

Education

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My father passed away at, like, 87.

Away

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I don't get tons of scripts to be looking at and deciding on in terms of feature films; the industry has changed.…

Cinema

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I had gone through a mother having dementia in the last couple of years of her life. She was in a nursing…

Hometown

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I just try and do the best with every role I get to do. Hopefully the experience in itself is a good…

Hopefully

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I think ties are great and Kathy Bates is an actress whose work I've admired tremendously over many years, and I feel…

Actresses

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