Christine Baranski
Christine Baranski
Christine Jane Baranskiis an American stage and screen actress. She won Tony Awards for her work in the original Broadway productions of The Real Thing in 1984 and Rumors in 1989, both for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She went on to win the 1995 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Maryanne Thorpe in the sitcom Cybill...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth2 May 1952
CityBuffalo, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I was sent to ballet school when I was very young. I really loved dancing. I started performing in high school by the end of my sophomore year.
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.
You have to hold your bloody own or you're lost.
Usually, it gets worse and worse as they downsize your character; mine just kept getting better.
In the early '90s, New York was a pretty depressing place
I do enjoy film. The more I do it the more I learn.
Audrey Hepburn's face was made for the camera.
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 got into Julliard on almost a full scholarship.
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
The sibilant s is the most difficult sound to correct
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
You can only do the work to the very best of your ability.
Why would I lose sleep when I really need valuable sleep just to recuperate and come back and do my job?