Acting gave me the ...

Acting gave me the opportunity to do outrageous things. It allowed me to be sad, happy, angry and lustful, even if it was just vicariously.
Acting gave me the opportunity to do outrageous things. It allowed me to be sad, happy, angry and lustful, even if it was just vicariously.
 Joan Allen

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Quotes from the same author

I was a very good girl for a long time, that's what really drew me to acting. The stage was the perfect place to be outrageous, to be sad, to be angry, to be all these different things.
 Joan Allen
I think I knew acting was what I wanted to do. But I was from this small town and there was no place for an adult to recognise it.
 Joan Allen