Christine Baranski Quotes

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.

Really, can anyone drink several martinis at lunch?

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.

Lawrence of Arabia is the ultimate movie, deeply cinematic.

Jim Carrey is a consummate actor and professional. He comes on set, knows his lines and knows his moves.

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.

It's a great time to be an actress at this point in my life.

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.

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.

In the early '90s, New York was a pretty depressing place.

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'm sad to say that stardom is a commodity in our culture.

I'm a nice, happily married wife and mom and I live in Connecticut.

I wish I didn't have to live up to anything.

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 often close my eyes because I can't tolerate violence.

I never say I have a preference for one medium as opposed to another.

I got into Julliard on almost a full scholarship.

I do enjoy film. The more I do it the more I learn.

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.

I adore clothes, I adore drinking. I just don't have the time or the inclination to totally indulge in it.

Bambi has a profound effect on children because it's about losing your mother.

Audrey Hepburn's face was made for the camera.

Acting is like a high wire act. Your margin for error is very slim.

The older I get the more I try not to waste my time on negative energy.