As a comedian who's used to, like, punching the jokes, it's hard to teach yourself that that's not the strong choice in the sense that you have to really have to dial it back.
From Allison Tolman
I've been working as an actress and sort of struggling along for ten years, so I've been on a million auditions for a million things I haven't booked.
If you only live in the world of the actor, and if you only live in the world of auditions, etc., then you don't really have a whole lot to offer when it comes to playing the humans that you're trying to audition for.
As a newcomer, you know, you don't come out the gate as a singer and try to compare with Judy Garland.
I never really acted full-time. I certainly had gotten past the point where fame and fortune was something that I was dreaming about or anticipating.
I don't think you realize how often on television people are not like anyone we know or have known.
I'm from Texas, and Texas has a reputation that far precedes actual Texas, and it is irritating sometimes.
Most of the time you spend filming a show is time you spend without the cameras on, when you're not acting.
I tend to play nurses and waitresses and policewomen.
When you go in to do a screen test, you negotiate your contract and sign all your paperwork before you even get on a plane.
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