Why Allison Janney’s phone lit up on Monday
A star actress from Dayton, Allison Janney spoke to the Los Angeles Times on Monday about being nominated that day for the Golden Globes Awards.
Where are you and how did you first hear about your nomination?
I am in my hotel room in New York City. I just got in last night to do “I, Tonya” press (to promote the new Tonya Harding movie, which hasn’t opened in Dayton yet). So I got up very early this morning and had forgotten that this was Golden Globe morning because I was dealing with a bit of jet lag and trying to get into hair and makeup. I found out when I had just finished my segment on “Good Morning America.” My publicist came in with a huge grin on her face and said, “You’ve been nominated!”
I was so glad that they’d recognized the movie and of course, Margot. It’s a really, really special morning for me and all of us. And it makes it even more special for me because of my friendship with Steven Rogers, who wrote the screenplay and wrote this part with me in mind. So it just couldn’t be a more gratifying day.
Who is the first person you told?
Well, let me see. Actually, I didn’t tell anyone, everyone told me! All of a sudden my phone blew up. I had like 30 text messages so I was busy trying to respond to all of them. Everyone knew before I knew. These days it’s hard to break the news of anything happening to anybody.