Allison Janney Quotes

I come from the theater, and I've done a lot of character work in the theater, but Hollywood stuff in film and TV, they've been more leading lady/ingenue type roles.

'Coronation Street' was my first job, Zoe was a controversial character, and I wasn't used to everyone looking at me.

I'm in a play on Broadway, I have an animated TV show coming up, I have a few movies that just came out.

My first time on camera was 'One Life to Live.' I mourn for actors coming up that the daytime soap opera is becoming extinct. It's theater onscreen.

I started working in front of the camera for the first time when I was 15 years old. I joined a soap opera. We filmed in Brooklyn and I would skip class to shoot my scenes. It was terrifying and I entirely self-conscious in front of the camera.

I was making almost minimum wage on 'The Young and the Restless.' But it was my first job, so I accepted my first quote. I had a great time on it, and it obviously led me to better things.

I was on 'Home and Away' for about three or four months. I loved it.

I did television a lot in my earlier years, so to do the high school student that's just the pretty girl, I've done that before, so I don't have any interest in that.

My first speaking part was to read for John Forsythe for Bachelor Father. I was the lead, opposite him.

I never took any theater lessons. So when I started to do movies, I was 14.

When I appeared in 'Coronation Street,' I lived in Manchester and enjoyed it very much.

It still hasn't sunk in that I'm going to be in Coronation Street. Everything about the role is brilliant and I'm working with some great people.

I have been a bit of a reluctant actress since the get-go, since the beginning of 'Lost.'

I was lucky enough to have a plethora of types of roles before and during the horror movie part of my career.

On-camera stuff just hit. I decided to do it to supplement my voice-over career, but I ended up falling in love with it, and it actually hit a lot harder than my voice-over career.

'Desperate Housewives' is an ensemble cast, where I played a tertiary character. I made a lot of great friends, but that show didn't keep me very busy.

I was on a soap opera before that for three years, where I was the nicest guy on earth.

The money is better in films and television. But in terms of acting, theatre is more rewarding.

I watched a lot of TV, and it clicked one day that these people were acting. It sounded like the most fun thing ever.

I did a guest appearance on The Practice and loved it.

I was 28 when I played the role of a 65 year old man in my first film.

I have played nasty people, but not everyone has seen that stuff. Before 'The Office,' I mainly got cast as little toe-rags.

Being in 'Coronation Street' is only going to make me a better actor.

Playing Chelsea on 'The Suite Life of Zack and Cody' really helped with my over-the-top comedy.

I've been on 'Hollyoaks' since I was 15, and I've grown up on the show. I'm so very fortunate to be given the opportunity to learn my craft in such a fantastic environment.