Allison Janney Was Told by an Agent She Could Only Play ‘Aliens and Lesbians’ Because ‘I’m So Tall’

Allison Janney recalls being told she could only play 'Aliens and lesbians' by an acting agent

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Allison Janney Was Told by an Agent She Could Only Play ‘Aliens and Lesbians’ Because ‘I’m So Tall’

Allison Janney was the first guest on CNN’s new interview series “Coming Up,” hosted by former Variety chief correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister, and the Emmy winner revealed the dispiriting advice she heard from a Hollywood agent when she was first starting out in the industry. “I remember when I was very young trying to find an agent and I had a meeting with one — she said, ‘What can you play? Aliens and lesbians,'” Janney revealed. “That’s wh…