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Angela Lansbury - biography

Biography


Angela Lansbury Quotes
“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.”

“I’ve worked with the greatest actors, and they’re all gone.  This is what’s so desperate to me.”

“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!”

“I made about 56 movies, I think.  Not that many.”

“The Manchurian Candidate was the most important movie I was in, let’s face it.”

“A sitcom.  I hate that word.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Clint Eastwood is an extraordinary director because he knows the value of a buck.  He knows where it will show on the screen.”

“Here I am, I still go on, you know, like the tides.”

“I don’t think about going back to the theater.”

“I have never directed.  But I think I could.  I have thought about it.  I’m a bit long in the tooth to start.”

“I never regretted what I turned down.”

“Mystery is something that appeals to most everybody.”

“The theater is magical and addictive.”

“We all have levels of performance.”





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