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The thing about theater that always and still kind of makes me edgy is that you work and work and work and work, and then you're just in performance mode, and then you have to just be on; the work is done, and then you just have to do it over and over again, so you're just constantly at that performance level.

~Allison Tolman

Topics: About Again Always Constantly Done Edgy Just Just Be Kind Level Makes Me Mode Over Performance Still Theater Then Thing Work You

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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.

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Topics: Agreed Because Break Lights Liked Me More Pace Perform Really Set Some Stop Television Then Up Work You

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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.

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Topics: Bit Continue Get Head Improv Improve Like Little Little Bit More Out Risks Something Take Training Which Would You Your

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It was important for me as a theater artist to allow myself and my interests to evolve over time and allow my notion of what success meant to evolve over time. I've always had a day job and never been just acting. But it didn't make me feel like I wasn't doing what I was supposed to be doing.

~Allison Tolman

Topics: Acting Allow Always Artist Been Day Day Job Doing Evolve Feel Had Important Interests Job Just Like Make Me Meant Myself Never Notion Over Success Supposed Theater Time

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I haven't been recognized out in public or anything. The strangeness of celebrity has been relegated to Twitter, which is kind of manageable.

~Allison Tolman

Topics: Anything Been Celebrity Kind Manageable Out Public Recognized Strangeness Twitter Which

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I worked in IT for about three years for a tiny firm with ten other people.

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Topics: About Firm Other People Ten Three Tiny Worked Years

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I've always had a day job and never been just acting.

~Allison Tolman

Topics: Acting Always Been Day Day Job Had Job Just Never

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What is right is not always popular.

~Allison Tolman

Topics: Always Popular Right

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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.

~Allison Tolman

Topics: Back Choice Comedian Dial Hard Jokes Like Punching Really Sense Strong Teach Used You Yourself

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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.

~Allison Tolman

Topics: Actress Along Auditions Been Booked Million Sort Struggling Ten Ten Years Things Working Years

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actress

Born: November 18th, 1981

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