Allison Janney

I spent a lot of time in the trenches in New York doing a lot of off-off-off Broadway theater. ”

The real trick to auditioning is just letting go of trying to please them. Make it your own. That took me a long time to learn. ”

My dream is to have a creativity barn, in my back yard, which is full of musical instruments and every kind of paint and oils and paper, and you can just go in and make something. ”

I never know how I'll feel on any given day, but I've got to look around me and take what I got and find some inspiration, some anger. ”

In my career, I am so so happy and grateful for everything I've gotten to do. And yet, I wish I had started off earlier so I could, I don't know... I certainly have not not gotten work because of my age, but I'm just gonna pray and hope that the roles will still keep coming as I get older. ”

I'm so hard on myself and a really harsh critic of my work. ”