Angela Lansbury Quotes
Actors are not made, they are born.
I`ve had an incredible relationship with my husband, with my family. I know they`ve had problems of their own, but we have never wavered in our closeness as a family. I`ve had a hell of a life.
I just stopped playing bitches on wheels and peoples` mothers. I have only a few more years to kick up my heels!
(On working with the choir, the first time) I felt extremely nervous. I felt I was working with a group of people who are so wonderfully integrated among themselves to produce wonderful sound, music, singing - their voices are so pure, so clear. I`ve listened so much to them in the past to be singing down with them, I was very nervous.
I never regretted what I turned down.
Mystery is something that appeals to most everybody.
We all have levels of performance.
I`ve worked with the greatest actors, and they`re all gone. This is what`s so desperate to me.
A sitcom. I hate that word.
I just stopped playing bitches on wheels and peoples` mothers. I have only a few more years to kick up my heels!
I think of myself as a journeyman actress. I will attempt almost anything that I think that I can bring off. It could be almost anything.
Here I am, I still go on, you know, like the tides.
I don`t think about going back to the theater.
Actors are not made, they are born.
(On working with the choir, the first time) I felt extremely nervous. I felt I was working with a group of people who are so wonderfully integrated among themselves to produce wonderful sound, music, singing - their voices are so pure, so clear. I`ve listened so much to them in the past to be singing down with them, I was very nervous.
I was put under contract. A major studio. I got nominated for an Academy Award. Isn`t that ridiculous? I mean, at the age of 18!
The theater is magical and addictive.
I started in London, as a kid. My mother knew I had sort of an inbred talent. She was an actress, so I inherited it from her. But I think I got a lot of it from my grandfather, who was a great politician.
The Manchurian Candidate was the most important movie I was in, let`s face it.
I have never directed. But I think I could. I have thought about it. I`m a bit long in the tooth to start.
Clint Eastwood is an extraordinary director because he knows the value of a buck. He knows where it will show on the screen.
I`ve had an incredible relationship with my husband, with my family. I know they`ve had problems of their own, but we have never wavered in our closeness as a family. I`ve had a hell of a life.
I made about 56 movies, I think. Not that many.
Believe me, it jabs you. When you`re on the side of buses and New York loves you, you love to go out there every night. It`s like a race. Curtain opens, out you go, and New York is yours.
