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
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.
– Joan Allen
I certainly do get at the end of my rope at times. We all do.
– Joan Allen
I don't have a political bone in my body.
– Joan Allen
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
I'm not a huge risk taker... I'm not going to jump out of an airplane and parachute and things like that. That's not really me.
– Joan Allen
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.
– Joan Allen
With something that's more emotionally based, you can't sort of screw the line up a little bit and adlib and something.
– Joan Allen
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.