32 Quotes by Christine Baranski
- You can only do the work to the very best of your ability.
- Ron Howard is as good a person as you could want to work with on film. He never lost his cool. He's the most easygoing, lovely man, but he's got this enormous intelligence and a wonderful humanity.
- It's the thing that you do well that brings you to prominence. The very thing that brings you to success can also be like a curse, because then people think that's all you can do.
- Jim Carrey is a consummate actor and professional. He comes on set, knows his lines and knows his moves.
- Lawrence of Arabia is the ultimate movie, deeply cinematic.
- Mike Nichols asked if I would do The Birdcage. Mike and I are dear friends but he had never offered me a feature role in a movie. My television career opened other doors for me.
- Really, can anyone drink several martinis at lunch?
- The older I get the more I try not to waste my time on negative energy.
- The sibilant s is the most difficult sound to correct.
- Usually, it gets worse and worse as they downsize your character; mine just kept getting better.
- It was considered that you were stepping down by doing television. I almost turned Cybill down because I so wanted to remain a theater actress.
- You are always damned by things that you do well as an actor.
- I'm a nice, happily married wife and mom and I live in Connecticut.
- You have to hold your bloody own or you're lost.
- You make a choice whether or not to turn that TV on. We didn't even have a television in the house.
- I got into Julliard on almost a full scholarship.
- Acting is like a high wire act. Your margin for error is very slim.
- Audrey Hepburn's face was made for the camera.
- Bambi has a profound effect on children because it's about losing your mother.
- I adore clothes, I adore drinking. I just don't have the time or the inclination to totally indulge in it.
- If I never do another movie, I will have had the privilege of working on one of the big Hollywood movies with top people, creating a world that can only be described as totally cinematic.
- I do enjoy film. The more I do it the more I learn.
- It is really hard to do comedy; it takes a lot of energy and focus. It's rather like music: It's a lot of hitting notes precisely.
- I never say I have a preference for one medium as opposed to another.
- I often close my eyes because I can't tolerate violence.
- I think people think Jim Carrey's just wild and crazy. He really is very disciplined. It is true of Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams as well.
- I wanted to show people I can do things other than the sophisticated bitch.
- I wish I didn't have to live up to anything.
- I'd much rather be famous for being a fabulous bitch than being, She does that nice wife really well.
- I'm sad to say that stardom is a commodity in our culture.
- In the early '90s, New York was a pretty depressing place.
- I always say God should have given women one extra decade at least, especially if you want a family. You're trying to pack a lot in.
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