Allison Tolman
Allison Tolman

I did Internet dating for a while, and that is rife with horrible dating stories.

Allison Tolman
Allison Tolman

I read the 'Fargo' hashtag and what people tweeted at me and every article and every comment on every article. I really just ate it up. But I wasn't prepared for hearing what everybody thought of me.

Allison Tolman
Allison Tolman

I've never had money before in my life. Ever. Never, ever.

Allison Tolman
Allison Tolman

I haven't been recognized out in public or anything. The strangeness of celebrity has been relegated to Twitter, which is kind of manageable.

Allison Tolman
Allison Tolman

I've met a lot of really friendly people who are incredibly happy for me, which is really flattering and humbling.

Allison Tolman
Allison Tolman

When you go in to do a screen test, you negotiate your contract and sign all your paperwork before you even get on a plane.

Allison Tolman
Allison Tolman

It's interesting to play a female character who's not ever using feminine wiles to get things done.

Allison Tolman
Allison Tolman

Whenever I've done a sketch in which I'm asked to play a mom, my brain goes to Minnesota. It makes the character seem matronly, warm, the kind of person that takes care of you and brings you Campbell's soup when you're sick. It's a great shortcut.

Allison Tolman
Allison Tolman

The best thing I ever learned when I first started acting is that you audition, and then you forget about it when you walk out the door. Even when you have a callback, you can't bank on things until you actually book that job, or your heart will just be broken over and over again.

Allison Tolman
Allison Tolman

Improv training allows you to get out of your head a little bit and take more risks, which is something I would like to continue to improve upon.

Allison Tolman
Allison Tolman

I don't have any phobias per se, but both tight and vast spaces tend to make me nervous after a prolonged time.

Allison Tolman
Allison Tolman

It's scary to not know when your next job is coming, and that is a daily fear when you are trying to act full-time.

Allison Tolman
Allison Tolman

I moved to Chicago when I was 28, and I wasn't completely idealistic about going to Second City and making a living from comedy, but I knew it would be great for the resume.

Allison Tolman
Allison Tolman

I never really acted full-time. I certainly had gotten past the point where fame and fortune was something that I was dreaming about or anticipating.

Allison Tolman
Allison Tolman

I moved to Chicago and I did theater, and then I started writing and I stop acting and I did sketch. You know, I did all of the things that, if you were serious about doing television, don't do.

Allison Tolman
Allison Tolman

My mother has stories of leaving me in the bath as small kid, like a 3-year-old, and there being mirrors on the side, and her going to get a towel and coming back in, and me making faces at myself, like, 'Now I'm happy. Now I'm sad.'

Allison Tolman
Allison Tolman

I worked for three years in a small IT firm in Chicago. I managed our client base, so I translated into human speak for our technicians. But our company was sold, and the atmosphere and the culture really changed, so I quit without having anything else lined up.

Allison Tolman
Allison Tolman

I went to New York for the first time when I was in college for a school trip and, uh, it did not appeal to me. It was too much hustle and bustle.

Allison Tolman
Allison Tolman

When I first got out of school, I went on a children's theater tour, and I went around the country a little bit that fall, and it was the first time I went to Chicago. We spend a couple of days in Chicago, and I was really struck viscerally by the city.

Allison Tolman
Allison Tolman

I've done some version of that Minnesota accent - that Midwestern accent - in sketch comedy for years. It's the quickest way to symbolize you're a mom.