Quotes By Angela Lansbury

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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

I have heard Mr. Romney's speech's many times on television and the radio and I have even read his book No Apology: The Case for American Greatness and I must say that out of all the gentleman running for the presidency Mr. Romney is, in my opinion, the best one to fit the bill.

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

Mystery is something that appeals to most everybody.

A sitcom. I hate that word.

I don't think about going back to the theater.

I never regretted what I turned down.

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.

The theater is magical and addictive.

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