Stockard Channing Quotes

My darling girl, when are you going to understand that "normal" isn't a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage.

You're talking to someone who has been married to various people for the last 40 years of her life. Dating is not really something familiar. I've never really been a dater.

I have no idea if world peace is attainable. But aiming for it is.

It's always great to have another chance at something.

Casting can be heartbreaking. Dealing with the disappointment is the hardest part.

I hope that the American public understands that we have three levels of government. We have the (unintelligible) the executive, but there's legislative and the judicial, and the legislative obviously need to be just doing their job.

I hate parties. I really don't like public events. I hate dressing up. I am the worst celebrity ever!

I think that's the phenomenon of our time is that a lot of women keep themselves in good shape but that there's not a lot of accommodation or people out there to connect with and the technology.

I want to go working with good people on something that's good, because otherwise it's a big waste of time. I don't have that much time.

When I was younger I thought I was an artist, and inspiration would just come to me.

Acting is such a bizarre way of life. Unless you're really passionate about it, you should give it up. Don't beat yourself up.

You don't want to play a character you can't inhabit or commit to fully.

I lead a very boring, normal life.

I think even if you're on a screen or you're in a play, it's always a group effort. It's not just the actors, it's the editor.

I'm rather uncomfortable with celebrity, to be honest.

I'm kind of spoiled, but the great thing about life is that you never know what's around the corner.

I can barely even run a computer. God knows what I'd get on online dating. I'd get something that was subhuman or something.

It would be interesting if this sitcom works, so I could be doing one thing all the time instead of going back and forth between all this different media which I sort of thrive on, I'm a bit of a moving target in that way.

Oh, my only – if I had one frustration in being on “West Wing” is I wasn’t on it enough, because I was in and out.