Joan Allen Quotes

• I certainly do get at the end of my rope at times. We all do.

  Joan Allen

  Rope, Ends

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• Acting gave me the opportunity to do outrageous things. It allowed me to be sad, happy, angry and lustful, even if it was just vicariously.

  Joan Allen

  Opportunity, Acting, Lustful

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was always much more shy. All I knew was that I loved to act. But I don't know about the other part of it. I'm not sure I had the chutzpah to go and prove yourself.

  Joan Allen

  Shy, Not Sure, Proving Yourself

  "The passion project". Interview with Gary Younge, www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2005.

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• I'm hard to pin down. I tend to look different in films.

  Joan Allen

  Different, Looks, Film

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I just try and do the best with every role I get to do. Hopefully the experience in itself is a good experience and people will want to work with me.

  Joan Allen

  People, Trying, Roles

  "Joan Allen talks about The Upside of Anger and Off the Map". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. March 10, 2005.

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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 be outrageous, to be sad, to be angry, to be all these different things.

  Joan Allen

  Girl, Long, Perfect

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's such a great feeling to make people laugh. I know I've made people cry or want to slit their wrists, but to make people laugh is a very intoxicating, wonderful thing.

  Joan Allen

  People, Laughing, Feelings

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Joan Allen

  Political, Body, Bones

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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. Once that had got cleared up, from 13 on, that was it.

  Joan Allen

  School, Play, High School

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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 not be thinking about. That's what is kind of cool, or one of the cool things about this profession.

  Joan Allen

  Opportunity, Thinking, Might

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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 has been very good.

  Joan Allen

  Strong Women, Integrity, Thinking

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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.

  Joan Allen

  Character, Thinking, Actors

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think I knew acting was what I wanted to do. But I was from this small town and there was no place for an adult to recognise it.

  Joan Allen

  Thinking, Acting, Adults

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• I never liked the bar scene. I tried to like it. I would give it a try every three or four months. I'd think, tonight I'm going out. But I never met anybody in that circumstance.

  Joan Allen

  Thinking, Giving, Trying

  "The passion project" by Gary Younge, www.theguardian.com. July 23, 2005.

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• I think that I do separate myself a fair amount. And I don't feel like I am representing women. That's up to however people interpret it once they sort of see it.

  Joan Allen

  Thinking, People, Feels

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• I get recognised sometimes. But I just live my life. I get on the bus, I get on the subway, it's not a problem.

  Joan Allen

  Subway, Problem, Sometimes

  "The passion project" by Gary Younge, www.theguardian.com. July 23, 2005.

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• I think ties are great and Kathy Bates is an actress whose work I've admired tremendously over many years, and I feel a certain kinship with her, we both came from an extensive theater background.

  Joan Allen

  Thinking, Ties, Years

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