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.

More Quotes by Alison Elliott

It's hard to act in a corset. Your breath gets cut off. You're squashed.

I wasn't a great student. Just give me a school with no grades, and I'll be happy.

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.

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.

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.