Christine Baranski

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

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. ”

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. ”

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

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

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. ”

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

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

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