“When I first got out of school, I went on a children's theater tour, a...” — Allison Tolman Quote

“When I first got out of school, I went on a children's theater tour, and I went around the country a little bit that fall, and it was the first time I went to Chicago. We spend a couple of days in Chicago, and I was really struck viscerally by the city.”

“I was getting a lot of really nasty feedback about my weight during 'Fargo,' which is unfortunate because I am statistically a completely average-size woman.”

“Body-shaming is something I feel really strongly about. I think about my niece, I think about my friends who have daughters being on the Internet and reading these things, and it just makes me furious. It makes me so angry.”

“I really don't know the Chicago School. You see, I never walk. I always take taxis back and forth to work. I rarely see the city.”

“In 1971 I returned to the University of Chicago as Professor of Physics.”

“I grew up in Batavia, Ill., a small town out in the corn fields, west of Chicago. It was boring.”