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“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.” quote by Joan Allen — Download Open image

“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.”

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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…

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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 of it…

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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 always much…

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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 equal.

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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 no money.

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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 looking for.…

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

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

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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 place to…

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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 happened to…

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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 films like…

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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 you might…

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