Allison Janney Quotes

I realized my life was not going to be, per se, normal.

I'm never really going to be the normal teenager.

I'm not normal.

I felt early on I wasn't going to be a respectable citizen.

I'm sort of a strange bird.

Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm.

It's not normal to go into a house and see a pond in the middle of the living room full of baby sharks. It's not normal to go to someone's garage and see a private plane.

I've always chosen incredibly different roles and things that are quite offbeat. That way you're not limited.

My life is certainly not common, but I think of myself as... a 'normal' teenager.

I'm not really that keen on mainstream; I'm not interested in doing the normal films. I do tend to go for the quirky, different scripts.

I like things that sound like maybe they shouldn't belong.

I like playing characters that are complex, that are intriguing, that come from left field, that do things that are unexpected. I don't like people who just follow one line and that's it - that's why I could never be in a sitcom, I don't think. They're not intriguing enough for me.

The thing about Memphis is that it's pleasingly off-kilter. It's a great big whack job of a city. The anti-Atlanta. You go there, and you can't believe the things people will say, the way they think, the wobbling orbits of their lives. There's an essential otherness.

I was not particularly bright, I wasn't very athletic, I was a little too tall, odd, funny looking, I was just really weird as a kid.

For sure, I'm an acquired taste. People who've had that acquisition, who've acquired it, are quite surprised when they see me.

I would love to play an unexpected character. Really raw and simple and not a cliche - something rugged. People like to put actors in boxes.

Arty. To me the word's got as much venom associated with it as 'wacky'.

My tastes are eclectic.

A lot of people think I must be weird because of the films I've done. I get that.

I know my theories and findings are hard for you to accept because they are so original and extraordinary.

The things that stand out are often the oddities.

There's nothing wrong with being a little unusual.

I'm not a conventional guy. I've never been a conventional guy.

Stuff that's truly off-trail was what appealed to 'Weird Tales' editors.

It is not new and it is not order.