Christine Baranski Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Christine Baranski:
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.
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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.
~Christine Baranski
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Acting is like a high wire act. Your margin for error is very slim.
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Audrey Hepburn's face was made for the camera.
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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.
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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.
~Christine Baranski
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It's a great time to be an actress at this point in my life.
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I wish I didn't have to live up to anything.
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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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I never say I have a preference for one medium as opposed to another.
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You have to hold your bloody own or you're lost.
~Christine Baranski
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Bambi has a profound effect on children because it's about losing your mother.
~Christine Baranski
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In the early '90s, New York was a pretty depressing place.
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I got into Julliard on almost a full scholarship.
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I adore clothes, I adore drinking. I just don't have the time or the inclination to totally indulge in it.
~Christine Baranski
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You are always damned by things that you do well as an actor.
~Christine Baranski
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The sibilant s is the most difficult sound to correct.
~Christine Baranski
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Why would I lose sleep when I really need valuable sleep just to recuperate and come back and do my job?
~Christine Baranski
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The older I get the more I try not to waste my time on negative energy.
~Christine Baranski
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You can only do the work to the very best of your ability.
~Christine Baranski
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Really, can anyone drink several martinis at lunch?
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I'm sad to say that stardom is a commodity in our culture.
~Christine Baranski
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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.
~Christine Baranski
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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.
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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.
~Christine Baranski
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Usually, it gets worse and worse as they downsize your character; mine just kept getting better.
~Christine Baranski
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Jim Carrey is a consummate actor and professional. He comes on set, knows his lines and knows his moves.
~Christine Baranski
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I do enjoy film. The more I do it the more I learn.
~Christine Baranski
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I often close my eyes because I can't tolerate violence.
~Christine Baranski
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I'm a nice, happily married wife and mom and I live in Connecticut.
~Christine Baranski
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You make a choice whether or not to turn that TV on. We didn't even have a television in the house.
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Lawrence of Arabia is the ultimate movie, deeply cinematic.
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