Allison Tolman Quotes

I went to Broadway and I've been doing some fun guest spots with 'Entourage' and 'Glee' and I'm ready to have my own show.

I've always loved film, and since I knew I probably couldn't be a cowboy or a spy in real life, I thought I'd play one in a movie! I started doing theater in middle school and tested for 'Victorious' before being in an episode of 'iCarly.'

If one of my friends said they'd written a little role for me in a sitcom, I'd definitely do it and I'd enjoy it. But I have no interest in being a serious actor.

I played a waiter on 'Will & Grace,' a waiter on 'Medium' and on 'Weeds.' They all got cut out. I'm an awful waiter in real life. Maybe I was an awful waiter on screen, too.

I think the first thing that I really did was 'Traffic Light,' which was more of a half-hour sitcom. And from there, I just got more comedic roles.

I didn't choose to be an actress.

I used to do theater in L.A., but it got to the point where everything was really showcase-y.

What I want to be is an actor, not a star.

I studied theater in college, and I really wanted to be an actress and play a lot of different roles. Then I made landing on a television comedy my main focus.

I love doing both theater and television.

My father Philip was an actor and appeared in everything from 'The Onedin Line' to 'Hedda Gabler' with Dame Diana Rigg.

Getting to be the 'weird roommate' on a sitcom was a dream come true.

I was doing a lot of drama until I took the comedy role in the series 'Car 54, Where Are You?,' and I've been tagged as a comedian ever since.

I tested on a lot of TV shows and films after I finished drama school.

I have roles in plays that I hope that I'll be able to do one day. I might be doing them at, like, the East Wilton Playhouse in wherever. But I think that Edie Falco... to get something even resembling her type of roles, that would be amazing.

In my first year at drama school, I did this kids' show called 'Let's See.'

I'm not interested in going after a part. I think if someone wants me for a part and approaches me then I'll take it on a case-by-case basis and see what that part is.

I think of myself as an actor.

In terms of acting, I've been acting from a very young age. I've always loved it and wanted to have a career in acting or something to do with it.

It's every actor's dream to work in a hit show on Broadway and also shoot a television show.

I played a killer twice. Once on 'Matlock,' on Andy Griffith's show, I got to play the killer.

I'm always looking for a good role.

I get to play a killer next.

I've done a little bit of TV. I'm doing a little mini-series at the moment called 'Scooter.'

I'm an actor and it happened to go my way that day.