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 a great time to be an actress at this point in my life.
• 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.
• Why would I lose sleep when I really need valuable sleep just to recuperate and come back and do my job?
• 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.