Allison Janney
Allison Janney
Allison Brooks Janneyis an American actress. A seven-time Primetime Emmy Award winner for her television work, her first four Emmy wins were for her role as C. J. Cregg on the NBC drama The West Wing. In 2014, she won the Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Margaret Scully on the Showtime series Masters of Sex. In 2014 and 2015, she won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth19 November 1959
CountryUnited States of America
I have such fond memories of Annabelle ... just her whole personality, ... We loved to make her laugh; her laugh made us laugh.
I also went on a tour of the White House, visited the tourist's spots, including all the monuments, then went to New York to have lunch with former press secretary, Dede Myers.
I'm not as smart as CJ. I love playing her because I can fool people into believing I'm incredibly bright and witty,
I like people trying to do two things at once.
I love working on the fly when the writers come up with new jokes on show nights. It's exciting. I love it so much.
I have the power of my height. Growing up, it was a total drawback. There was nothing good about it at all.
It's a great way to start the day, hearing you've been nominated for an Emmy. It's just thrilling.
The live aspect is so thrilling, I get nervous again. It's like going on stage.
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 never stop. I don't want to stop acting because I'm afraid it'll all end, so I never say no.
I always feel like a doctor who loses a patient on the operating table or something where I felt just devastated and I beat myself up until I get to try it the next night and "I'll get it better tonight." So I'm hard on myself. I think I'm not alone in that regard with acting.