RERUN: Allison Janney
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How did Allison Janney’s early mentorship with Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward shape her acting career?
When I was doing Bad Education with, um, with, um...
I really want to dig deeper into why Hugh Jackman. Hugh Jackman. When I was doing that with Hugh Jackman. Oh, Lord. Oh, Lord.
Alison, I am so thrilled to have you here today on Reclaiming. I
am very happy to be here. Finally, we've talked about this. I
know. Okay, now this is when I think we met. You can tell me if this is
what jives
with you. Otherwise, I've totally implanted you like, where's Waldo? It just seems in my life. I think it was about 25 years ago at Cameron Mannheim.
Yeah, that's it.
Yes. There was like this big dinner party. Yeah. And I remember it so vividly because there was this wackadoodle thing that happened where I don't know if you remember this part. So someone was telling a story that they and their family had been deep into Scientology.
Yeah. And
then they had tried to get out of Scientology and they were telling this this like very involved story about all the things that happened. And...
This is ringing true to me, but I can't remember who it was. I
remember it because then I was saying how I had this friend in high school.
Yeah.
She became a Scientologist and it actually, it really changed her life and turned her life around in some positive ways. So... Another friend of mine and I did the intro course there.
You did? Yes. Oh, my gosh.
Because she asked us to, and so we did.
That must have been fascinating. It was. Did they put the things on you to... Well,
yeah, we did the e-meter thing
in the end. And that was
sort of where I, why I didn't actually continue because you have to pass the test in order to go on. And one of the questions was around, you know, did you learn everything you needed to learn from the course? Or do you understand everything? And I was like, well, I think I do, but I wouldn't know everything. If I didn't, you know what I mean? The whole thing was not for me. And so I chimed in with this story about I was like, well, it was not for me. And I thought maybe it was Cameron because I remember someone with really dry, fantastic humor was then like, yeah, but look what happened to you after. Which is why I remember that because it
was such a great story. This is what I remember, and I can't believe you know. Do you remember being in a canoe with me? Oh, my God, that's right. And Karen Mannheim, and I was in the middle, and you two were rowing me through the canals. And literally, people were walking by. I was like, yeah, I know. I have no idea how I got here. My life, I'm here with Monica Lewinsky and Karen Mannheim rowing me through the canals of menace.
That's so funny. I forgot
that part. It was the only thing I remembered. Oh, my gosh, yeah. It was such a moment for me.
Yeah. And then we didn't see each other for a really
long
time. And then reconnected a few years ago at Cades. And you introduced me to Lily Kershaw, who,
if
anyone doesn't know her music, is like an unbelievable singer-songwriter.
So talented. And such a lovely person, too. And then we started having dinners together with the three of us. I
know. Which is really lovely. I was thinking about the last time we had dinner together, we had a crazy thing happen with a glass. Do you want to...
Well, now I'm going to, you're going to probably tell it better than I am, but I know something magical happened and it involved me. Or picking up a glass and the stem just stayed on the table and my
glass... It just cracked.
Yeah.
Right. Yeah. I mean, it was so... It
was a bizarre moment. It was a really weird
moment. And I think almost as bizarre is that because we're all kind of woo-woo, right? That we were all like, wow, what the fuck is that?
That's
crazy.
But
then also, okay, we're okay. It's kind of witchy, but...
What does it mean? I wish I could remember what we were talking about at that very moment. Oh, yeah. I
don't remember. Now, have you always been into woo-woo movies?
I don't know when I started being into, definitely was into astrology and finding out, doing, having my chart done. Me too. What's your? I'm a whole, I was born November 19th, 1959. And I was born, I'm a Scorpio with cancer in my moon and Pisces rising.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How did Allison Janney’s early mentorship with Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward shape her acting career?
0:00–5:33
2
What pivotal moments led Allison from theater at Kenyon College to her breakout role on The West Wing?
5:33–12:47
3
How did Allison’s experience on The West Wing influence her later work on The Diplomat as Grace Penn?
12:47–19:40
4
Why does Allison consider political roles a ‘stretch’ for her, despite her success in political dramas?
19:40–27:34
5
What insights did Allison gain from her psychedelic therapies (ketamine, MDMA, mushrooms) and how have they impacted her personal growth?
27:34–34:27
6
How did the loss of Allison’s mother and brother shape her perspective on grief and healing?
34:27–41:31
7
Why are dogs such an important source of love and stability for Allison, and how do they compare to her experiences with cats?
41:31–45:56
8
What does Allison think about the future of acting with AI and how might it affect veteran actors?
45:56–53:19