I didn't understand the reasons why I was there in the Lost episode - the mysteries of the … - Allison Janney

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I feel much safer faced with a blank sheet of paper than I do with a real person.

Allison Janney

I didn't understand the reasons why I was there in the Lost episode - the mysteries of the island. I just instead made my own little reality, made it as simple as possible. I figured I was a crazy woman, just a little screw loose. I don't know how I got on that island. No one could tell me how I got there either, so I just assumed I got there on a shipwreck, and I went a little nutty.

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