Allison Janney

“I am lucky enough to have Aaron Sorkin write what I have to say.”

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

“Growing up, everybody told me I was good. I was playing ping-pong with my father, and he'd say, 'That's a good shot,' but I'd mess up the next one, and I'd yell, 'Don't tell me that! I'll mess up! Just don't say anything!' You know, if someone says, 'You can't do that,' then I'm going to be, 'Yeah, you watch me.'”

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

“I really am at peace with not being a mom.”

“If I could stomach the awful part of being a veterinarian, which involves sticking your hand up animals' behinds, I would be a vet.”

“Birthdays are getting harder as I get older.”

“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.”

“The only guilty pleasure I have is pasta.”

“I never know how I'll feel on any given day, but I've got to look around me and take what I got and find some inspiration, some anger.”

“I'm a sponge. I sometimes don't want to go out of my house because it's like, 'Who's going to make me cry today?'”

“Most Republicans call the show 'The Left Wing.'”

“I'm afraid of flying.”

“It is a very difficult job, being the servant of two masters.”

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

“I can access emotions very easily.”

“I'm one of those actors who fall into the camp of never wanting to look at themselves on camera ever, thank you very much. I do not and will not, because I am my worst critic.”

“I like people trying to do two things at once.”

“Everyone couldn't be happier and more terrified.”

“I'm an actor. I can make anyone believe anything. I don't have to know what the hell I'm talking about.”