Quotes from Christine Baranski

Really, can anyone drink several martinis at lunch?

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

Audrey Hepburn's face was made for the camera.

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

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

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

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 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.

The sibilant s is the most difficult sound to correct.

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.

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

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 got into Julliard on almost a full scholarship.

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.

A great need a mother has to know that her daughters will find somebody or will be okay in life. That's very primal as they get older. You know, you should get married, you should have children.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Lawrence of Arabia is the ultimate movie, deeply cinematic.