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Joan Allen Quotes

American - Actress | August 20, 1956 -

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.

Opportunity Sad Angry Happy Me Just

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.

Great People Laugh Feeling Know Cry

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.

Women Myself I Am People Think Feel

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.

Opportunity Cool Thinking You Kind

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

End Rope Get Times Certainly

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

Political Body Bone

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.

Life Live My Life Problem Sometimes

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

Look Down Hard Different Pin Tend

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.

Small Think Small Town Acting Place

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.

Think Three Try Never Bar Out

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.

Good Girl Sad Time Angry Me

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.

School Looking High School Thought

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