Top 13 Quotes & Sayings by Alison Elliott

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Alison Elliott.
Last updated on April 15, 2025.
Alison Elliott

Alison Elliott is an American actress. She was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for the 1997 film The Wings of the Dove. Her other film appearances include The Spitfire Grill (1996), Birth (2004), The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) and 20th Century Women (2016).

I always wanted to be a character actor. I love watching movies where you don't recognize someone because they're so lost in the part.
A lot of my albums that I've done, a lot of the songs have been the first take. It's before you mess with it too much - you can take away all the spontaneity and the emotion of something by trying to make it sound perfect.
It's hard to act in a corset. Your breath gets cut off. You're squashed. — © Alison Elliott
It's hard to act in a corset. Your breath gets cut off. You're squashed.
I would love to do an all Laura Nyro show.
That's one of my problems is that there are so many songs to sing that I sort of get indecisive about what I want to do in a show - because there are so many possibilities! There are so many great songs out there.
I love originating shows and originating songs - there is nothing better than being the first one to get to do a song.
I realized that acting was something I wasn't going to be lazy about. You feel good when you do it well. It is something that can grow in you.
I wasn't a great student. Just give me a school with no grades, and I'll be happy.
I like playing dress-up, and I love pretty jewels, but for me, being a 'movie star' would be a very dangerous place.
Drawing attention to myself has never been a goal.
I always wanted to be a character actor. I love watching movies where you dont recognize someone because theyre so lost in the part.
Thats one of my problems is that there are so many songs to sing that I sort of get indecisive about what I want to do in a show - because there are so many possibilities! There are so many great songs out there.
I like playing dress-up, and I love pretty jewels, but for me, being a movie star would be a very dangerous place.
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