Kathy Baker Quotations

I try to give all my characters a sense of humor, so I guess I feel like I have done comedy, but maybe I'm better known for drama.

When you're younger, the mental strain of being a successful actor, jumping from role to role, and trying to have some kind of personal life, can really be terrible.

I've heard that kind of weird backward compliment often - 'She's so talented, but not pretty.'

I want to be the only American actress who doesn't do any plastic surgery or anything. I think older faces are great.

For me, the acting part - and I have to say it makes me a little worried about my own psychological make-up - is that I just love to hide in other characters. I don't like to get up in front of people and talk as Kathy Baker. But as soon as you say 'action,' I'm lost in that character.

I worry about my face not having expression. I've never been known for glamour, so it's probably easier for me than it is for someone who has been known for her incredible beauty and glamour. I always wanted to be Geraldine Page, who was just a fabulous actress with just a nice, normal, expressive face.

The Quaker upbringing was not strict, but it was frugal. Extremely frugal. One was always encouraged to give away ones worldly goods.

I did not see myself as a leading lady. I thought I was really funny-looking and I would never be the lead, and I certainly would never do film or television. I wanted to do theater. I wanted to be the grand dame of the American stage.

I heard Tony Bennett say that when you're a big deal early on, you have to maintain that level forever, and it's very scary. You have to keep hitting those home runs, turning out hits.

I love to do comedy, and I don't think of things as drama or comedy. I think that if it's a funny line, it's a funny line. If it's a funny moment, it's a funny moment.

I've always believed that if you are willing to play your age that you will work, so it's the thing of continuing to play your age and accepting it when you're younger and you suddenly realize, 'Oh, now I'm playing the mom,' 'Oh, I'm playing the grandma.'

What we?re asking for are reasonable explanations for proposals.

We have said all along that we will talk any time, anywhere, ... We asked for a meeting prior to their next board meeting Tuesday, but they refused. We want to talk, they don?t.

Of course, new employees are always nervous about taking action and whether they will have a job afterward.

If anything would have happened to any of them (workers), I just don't know what I would have done.

We take the puppies everywhere we go, ... Our job is to acclimate them to everyday life. A lot of it is learning not to be distracted by normal, everyday things. It takes time for them to learn that.

There are so many shows I could name that are incredible and worthy for children to sit and watch, ... There's an on-off button on the television set and people (have) got to use it.

Katie was taken out of our world too soon. Her light was dimmed for a senseless reason. A senseless happening.

It blew a lot of tin off. It sounded like a sonic boom. The ball of fire and flames were on the east end. All I remember was seeing a huge ball of flames and black smoke. It's one of those things that happened, but you just can't process it at the time.

I went to the office in the morning, then I came home and we switched halfway through the day so he could go to the office,

You know why it is important to watch those safety films and to place safety so high.

We have continually offered various solutions, but everything we put back at them is plain old ?no,?

But respect for their privacy and their craft keeps those names anonymous.

Everybody's touched by this, everybody's hurt. We lost a child.

At this point in her career, that was a solution for her.

The spending in this town has gone insane. Year after year, council after council, property taxes are running amok.

The talks are amicable, and that?s always a good thing in terms of getting things resolved.

Sag is a drag, but perky is in. We love our actresses and want to see them at their best. After observing the 2006 Academy Awards, we've got plenty of uplifting examples of perky in Hollywood. This, in our opinion, is the top 10.

Salma Hayek looked fantastic and had amazing support. We loved the way gravity was challenged and conquered by Salma and all of the beautiful women on our list.

It's very moving to see people come and bid on different items just to help the cause.

Every time we want to sit and talk about the issues, you refuse to talk to us, ... nothing more than the proposal you gave us in January, barring one or two updates.

I don?t think the taxpayers in the Pottsgroves want to pay teachers to shred papers when so much depends on the district?s performance on things like the PSSA tests and No Child Left Behind,

A lot rides on the talks and what gets resolved on Monday and Thursday. It is our hope the talks will remain open and positive.

I used to wish I would be a painter or a violinist, where maybe I wouldn't need to travel as much. Or maybe if I were a writer, I wouldn't need to travel as much. It's the travel that kind of killed me. And the hours. I always pictured if I were a painter you could make your own hours maybe... work after the kids were asleep...

Relationships are hard regardless! But I think they feed the artist: relationships, children, life, family - it all feeds the artist. Loss. Joy. Sacrifice.

Some of the greater things are unseen. That's why you close your eyes when you kiss, cry, or dream.

There's different kinds of love, darling. Some people you love no matter what, and others you love when the situation is right. To me, the best kind of love is no matter what kind.