Author Profile
Allison Tolman
1981 • American • Actress
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Collected Meditations
Showing 60 quotesI guess my interest in performance has evolved and changed many times over the years.— Allison Tolman
I did a 20-minute selection of scenes from the play 'Spring Awakening' in college, well before the musical came around, so when the musical was becoming a hot thing, and I was reading interviews with Duncan Sheik about how he came to do the music, I think it's interesting.— Allison Tolman
I moved to Chicago when I was 28, and I wasn't completely idealistic about going to Second City and making a living from comedy, but I knew it would be great for the resume.— Allison Tolman
It's scary to not know when your next job is coming, and that is a daily fear when you are trying to act full-time.— Allison Tolman
I originally wanted to stay in Chicago as long as I could. I love Chicago. I don't love L.A. I don't want to leave Chicago.— Allison Tolman
I've met a lot of really friendly people who are incredibly happy for me, which is really flattering and humbling.— Allison Tolman
Most of the time you spend filming a show is time you spend without the cameras on, when you're not acting.— Allison Tolman
I'm from Texas, and Texas has a reputation that far precedes actual Texas, and it is irritating sometimes.— Allison Tolman
I don't think you realize how often on television people are not like anyone we know or have known.— Allison Tolman
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.— Allison Tolman
Improv training allows you to get out of your head a little bit and take more risks, which is something I would like to continue to improve upon.— Allison Tolman
I went to New York for the first time when I was in college for a school trip and, uh, it did not appeal to me. It was too much hustle and bustle.— Allison Tolman
I did a lot of commercial and theater work when I got out of school and was living in Dallas, and I moved to Chicago to go through the Second City Conservatory Program.— Allison Tolman
I liked in television that you do some work, then you perform, then you stop and you have a break because they have to set up lights, and then you do some more work. I really liked the pace of it; it really agreed with me. I enjoyed it.— Allison Tolman