Joan Allen Professions : Film actressBorn : August 20, 1956 Browse All Authors Top 27 quotes by Joan Allen I had gone through a mother having dementia in the last couple of years of her life. She was in a nursing facility in my little hometown area of northern Illinois, so I got to see a lot of other patients there in various stages of the disease. I had a firsthand exposure to it in a pretty big way. Joan Allen hometownmotherlifeway I have three wonderful siblings, and we all pitched in equally to help our mother. Joan Allen helpthreemotherwonderful When I was 20 years old and first with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, we had an 88-seat theater in a basement and no money. Joan Allen oldcompanytheatremoney My father passed away at, like, 87. Joan Allen passedawaylikefather My mother had very poor hearing for many years, until she went basically into - I guess I would call it a psychotic break. She was OK one day, and the next day she was completely cuckoo, violent, paranoid. Joan Allen dayone-daypoormother I think plays deserve other interpretations. They should live on, and other people should should take their hand at them. I'm very supportive of that. Joan Allen livethinkdeservepeople I didn't really think about being a movie star. I was more about theater. Joan Allen aboutmorebeingthink Similar Authors Isabella Rossellini film-actress Izabella Scorupco film-actress Betty Buckley film-actress Bipasha Basu film-actress Butterfly McQueen film-actress Bryce Dallas Howard film-actressAll Authors
