“It's such a great feeling to make people laugh. I know I've made peopl...” — Joan Allen Quote

“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.”

“How do we escape who we are? I think, going to college, I felt freer. I loved the clean slate. I wasn't known as the sort of nerdy, studious girl. I met gay people for the first time in my life. I needed that expansion from a very conservative little town.”

“I was always much more shy. All I knew was that I loved to act. But I don't know about the other part of it. I'm not sure I had the chutzpah to go and prove yourself.”

“No one tries to cry. You try not to cry. No one tries to laugh. You try not to laugh.”

“Aamir once went behind a rock to cry because his director didn't listen to what he was saying.”

“It's good to actually cry. Trust me, I've had a lot of practice over the years!”