Stockard Channing Quotes

Stockard Channing — American Actress born on February 13, 1944,

Stockard Channing is an American stage, film and television actress. She is known for playing Betty Rizzo in the film Grease and First Lady Abbey Bartlet on the NBC television series The West Wing. She played the role of Ouisa Kittredge in the play Six Degrees of Separation and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress when she reprised the role in the 1993 film... (wikipedia)

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

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.

I think the end of last year when we were aware of that transition was for everyone in their own way kind of bittersweet, but it's also what the show's about, one administration ends and another begins.

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

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.