Quotes from Allison Janney

It's hard to describe to people how terrible it was when you could only watch cartoons at a certain time in your life.

I can't imagine trying to be in recovery. I mean it would be hard enough with just life going along in a nice way, but then when awful stuff happens, how you maintain the strength to get through it?

I definitely paid my dues, and I'm grateful for everything and for my good friends.

It's a great way to start the day, hearing you've been nominated for an Emmy. It's just thrilling.

Birthdays are getting harder as I get older.

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

I hate auditioning so much.

I felt like my career started late, and I think it was because of my height - and maybe some of my confidence issues.

I feel better when I'm working. I tend to not know who I am when I'm not working. That worries me a little bit... I've been fortunate to be so busy, but I haven't developed any other skills.

I have the power of my height. Growing up, it was a total drawback. There was nothing good about it at all.

One of the things I love about acting is other actors, looking into their eyes, and working off them, and listening and responding to them.

I love wasting time and learning to lip-sync to songs; it's a silly hobby of mine.

I go on a hunt for things that make sense to me and that I can actively play as an actress.

It's a beautiful feeling to be out on the ice, breathing in the cold air and hearing the blades hit the ice. It's kind of romantic.

I say I'm 5 feet 12 inches. I'm definitely 6 feet. In my heels, I'm 6 feet 3 inches.

I'm actually a pretty shy person in real life with new people.

I was playing 40-year-old women when I was 20. I didn't get considered for ingenue roles.

I know what it feels like to love and care about things, but I've never had that instinct to have kids.

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.

People are usually so disappointed with book-to-movie translations.

My height does help me. I can hide a multitude of sins in my height.

I've always been a figure skater and ballet dancer. I love physical comedy, and any chance that I get to do that... that is so me.

Being a figure skater myself and knowing what it took for my parents to get up at five in the morning to drive me to the rink before school and then drive me to practice after school - it's a huge commitment for any family.

Before I even wanted to be an actor, I wanted to be a figure skater.