Angela Lansbury Quotes


"The theater is magical and addictive."
- Angela Lansbury
(Related: Theater)

"The Manchurian Candidate was the most important movie I was in, let's face it."
- Angela Lansbury
"Mystery is something that appeals to most everybody."
- Angela Lansbury
(Related: Mystery)

"I've worked with the greatest actors, and they're all gone. This is what's so desperate to me."
- Angela Lansbury
(Related: Actors)

"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."
- Angela Lansbury
(Related: Will)

"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."
- Angela Lansbury
(Related: Mother, Talent, London)

"I never regretted what I turned down."
- Angela Lansbury
"I made about 56 movies, I think. Not that many."
- Angela Lansbury
(Related: Movies)

"I have never directed. But I think I could. I have thought about it. I'm a bit long in the tooth to start."
- Angela Lansbury
(Related: Thought)

"I don't think about going back to the theater."
- Angela Lansbury
(Related: Theater)

"Here I am, I still go on, you know, like the tides."
- Angela Lansbury
(Related: Tides)

"Clint Eastwood is an extraordinary director because he knows the value of a buck. He knows where it will show on the screen."
- Angela Lansbury
(Related: Value, Will)

"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."
- Angela Lansbury
(Related: Love, Night, Race)

"A sitcom. I hate that word."
- Angela Lansbury
(Related: Hate, Word)

"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!"
- Angela Lansbury
(Related: Age)