CHRISTINE BARANSKI

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

Audrey Hepburn's face was made for the camera.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

The sibilant s is the most difficult sound to correct.

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

Lawrence of Arabia is the ultimate movie, deeply cinematic.

I got into Julliard on almost a full scholarship.

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

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