In every character you play, as much as you hate to admit it as an actor, but there's an element of you that you bring to it. Either the character helps you discover that element of you or the other way around, where that element of you helps you discover the character.

Janet Montgomery

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In every character you play, as much as you hate to admit it as an actor, but there's an element of you that you bring to it.

Janet Montgomery

hate play character

I just want that sensation you have in dreams when you fly to be... by Janet Montgomery

I just want that sensation you have in dreams when you fly to be real.

Janet Montgomery

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Honestly, because of the way women were treated, I wouldn't want... by Janet Montgomery

Honestly, because of the way women were treated, I wouldn't want to go back to Puritan times.

Janet Montgomery

puritan want way

I'm far too outspoken to be a woman in Puritan times. by Janet Montgomery

I'm far too outspoken to be a woman in Puritan times.

Janet Montgomery

puritan outspoken

When you first start, you just want to get a job. It goes from that to really deciding what kind of work you want to do and what kind of actor you want to be - and it only gets harder.

Janet Montgomery

job start you work

I come from a very working-class background. by Janet Montgomery

I come from a very working-class background.

Janet Montgomery

working-class background come very

Witches were burned and killed in Scotland and England for centur... by Janet Montgomery

Witches were burned and killed in Scotland and England for centuries before what happened in Salem.

Janet Montgomery

witches scotland happened england

You have to be completely in the character, and that's so hard to do. That's why, when they call, 'Cut!,' you often feel yourself shift. Unless you're Daniel Day Lewis, who stays in character all the time, there's a switch that happens.

Janet Montgomery

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I've never done a period piece. That's something I'd be really in... by Janet Montgomery

I've never done a period piece. That's something I'd be really interested in doing.

Janet Montgomery

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My background is more horror or thriller, and you can't get better than horror fans, as far as I'm concerned.

Janet Montgomery

better you horror fans

I'd love to do like a modern day 'Shining' and play the Jack Nich... by Janet Montgomery

I'd love to do like a modern day 'Shining' and play the Jack Nicholson role.

Janet Montgomery

day like play love

I actually always try to not do a general American accent. I alwa... by Janet Montgomery

I actually always try to not do a general American accent. I always try to give a region.

Janet Montgomery

give american try always

New Jersey is very big. There are different areas of New Jersey. There is North New Jersey. There is like the center. There are a lot of actors from New Jersey that don't speak with a New Jersey accent.

Janet Montgomery

new big like speak

I'm not a reality TV star. I pride myself on witnessing, watching people, studying people, and being able to recreate that and create a human being.

Janet Montgomery

myself pride reality people

I went to Florida when I was 15. That was my first time in America, so you learn about how different the regions are.

Janet Montgomery

you first-time time america

If you're an English actor, and you're asked to do an episode - especially the Christmas episode - of 'Downton Abbey,' you can't turn it down. It's like, 'Of course!'

Janet Montgomery

down like you christmas