Joan Allen : (3)

" 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

" I thought that I wanted to be a cheerleader because I was one in middle school. " - Joan Allen

" I think of myself more as a character actor than that ingenue leading lady, who started out something like Michelle Pfeiffer, or Jessica Lange. I’m a bit quirkier than that. " - Joan Allen