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 intoxica…

- Joan Allen

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

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

- 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 angr…

- Joan Allen

I was always much more shy. All I knew was that I loved to act. But I don't know about the other part of it. I'm not sure I had the chutzpah to go an…

- Joan Allen

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 …

- 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

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

- 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 …

- Joan Allen