Christine Baranski Quotes

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

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

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

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

In this day and age, there's just so much that can hyperstimulate us, and curiously, it is not satisfying us.

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

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

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

We are so defined by how people see us. We're a very materialistic culture. We're a very image-driven culture. What if that goes away and you are left with, God help us, what, indeed, is your essential self?

Really, can anyone drink several martinis at lunch?

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

I do think funny is like sexy. You're either funny and sexy, or you're not.

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

Lawrence of Arabia is the ultimate movie, deeply cinematic.

Why put it on if you're not going to strut?

I got into Julliard on almost a full scholarship.

The sibilant s is the most difficult sound to correct

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

You are always damned by things that you do well as an actor.

Wait a minute. I don't need to keep proving myself. I don't need to keep showing up at every party.

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

Why would I lose sleep when I really need valuable sleep just to recuperate and come back and do my job?

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

I have a house on the lake, and I must say, sitting on the dock and taking long morning swims or naked swims under the stars, that just brings me back almost immediately.

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

Audrey Hepburn's face was made for the camera.

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 have a kind of remarkable ability to, for want of a better phrase, get what I want. I kind of project. I guess it's called dreaming.

You make a choice whether or not to turn that TV on. We didn't even have a television in the house

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

You can only do the work to the very best of your ability.

If your career is not predicated on just your physical beauty, you're able to project a sophistication. You can take sophisticated to your grave. You can be that worldly woman, that woman who looks beautiful dressed up.

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

Doing classic plays is wonderful. It's a wonderful way of developing style.

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