Christine Baranski Quotes

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

- Christine Baranski

Mother, Children, Profound, Bambi

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

- Christine Baranski

Negative, Waste, My Time, Energy

Really, can anyone drink several martinis at lunch?

- Christine Baranski

Lunch, Anyone, Several, Martini

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

- Christine Baranski

Wife, Mom, Happily, Connecticut

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

- Christine Baranski

Because, Close, Often, Tolerate

Lawrence of Arabia is the ultimate movie, deeply cinematic.

- Christine Baranski

Movie, Ultimate, Arabia, Lawrence

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.

- Christine Baranski

Women, Always, Given, Extra

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

- Christine Baranski

Drinking, Inclination, Adore, Indulge

I got into Julliard on almost a full scholarship.

- Christine Baranski

Got, Full, Almost, Scholarship

You have to hold your bloody own or you're lost.

- Christine Baranski

Lost, Own, Your, Bloody

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

Work, Lovely, Could, Easygoing

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

- Christine Baranski

New York, New, Pretty, Depressing

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

- Christine Baranski

High, Wire, Very, High Wire

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

- Christine Baranski

Set, Jim Carrey, Jim, Lines

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

- Christine Baranski

Sad, Culture, Commodity, Stardom

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.

- Christine Baranski

Career, Other, Role, Dear

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

- Christine Baranski

Never, Opposed, Preference, Medium

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.

- Christine Baranski

Think, I Think, Very, Williams

Audrey Hepburn's face was made for the camera.

- Christine Baranski

Face, Made, Audrey, Hepburn

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

- Christine Baranski

Lose, Why, Need, Valuable

Usually, it gets worse and worse as they downsize your character; mine just kept getting better.

- Christine Baranski

Better, Getting, Mine, Gets

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

Like, Rather, Notes, Hitting

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

- Christine Baranski

Work, Only, Very, Ability

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

Think, Like, Very, Curse

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.

- Christine Baranski

Doing, Actress, Turned, Stepping

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

Big, Hollywood, Movie, Privilege

The sibilant s is the most difficult sound to correct.

- Christine Baranski

Sound, Difficult, Most, Correct

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

- Christine Baranski

Time, My Life, Actress, Great Time

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

- Christine Baranski

Live, Wish, Up, I Wish

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