Christine Baranski Quotes

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

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

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

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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?

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

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• The sibilant s is the most difficult sound to correct.

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

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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.

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• Really, can anyone drink several martinis at lunch?

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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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• Lawrence of Arabia is the ultimate movie, deeply cinematic.

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  Tags in Deeply, Athlete, Cinematic, Celebrity

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

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  Tags in Professional, Athlete, Jim, Carrey, Consummate, Celebrity

• 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.

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

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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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  Tags in Theater, Athlete, Considered, Stepping, Celebrity

• 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.

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

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  Tags in Athlete, Depressing, Celebrity

• 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.

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  Tags in Totally, Athlete, Cinematic, Celebrity

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

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  Tags in Athlete, Stardom, Commodity, Celebrity

Christine Baranski (34)

Birth:	2nd May, 1952
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress, Singer

About

Christine Jane Baranski was born in Buffalo, New York. She is an American actress and singer. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974. She is an Emmy Award winner and a two-time Tony Award winner. Baranski made her stage debut in 1974 and her Broadway debut in Hide and Seek in 1980. She has won two Tony Awards for Best Featured Actress in a Play, for The Real Thing in 1984 and Rumors in 1989. She has received a total of eleven Emmy nominations. She has also starred in various roles in films and television. She also played Cinderella's stepmother in the film adaptation of the musical, Into the Woods.

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