I moved to Chicago and I did theater, and then I started writing and I stop acting and I did sketch. You know, I did all of the things that, if you were serious about doing television, don't do.

Allison Tolman

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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.

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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.

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As a newcomer, you know, you don't come out the gate as a singer and try to compare with Judy Garland.

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I never really acted full-time. I certainly had gotten past the point where fame and fortune was something that I was dreaming about or anticipating.

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