Joan Allen

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

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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

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

— Joan Allen

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

— Joan Allen

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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