Angela Lansbury
Angela Lansbury
Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury, DBEis an English-Irish-American actress who has appeared in theatre, television and film. Her career has spanned seven decades, much of it based in the United States, and her work has attracted international attention...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth16 October 1925
CityLondon, England
CountryUnited States of America
acting lines way
Psychologically, you learn the values that are inherent in the dialogue, and you learn to apply it to the way you read the lines. That's acting. You're not yourself saying those lines, you're somebody else.
careers busy realizing
The older I get, the more I realize how much I have missed because I was so busy entertaining that audience and so busy pursuing a career.
careers pursued i-can
I can't say that I pursued a career. I really didn't, it just sort of happened.
husband actresses said
I very seldom said no, and I was aided and abetted by my husband, who realized that the one thing I could do was to be a very good actress, by his note.
memories names lines
My memory about names and places now is dreadful. But lines, I can remember.
long enough stills
I can't say that I deserve longlife; I don't. I've just been around long enough. They say, "My God, she's still here."
years roles crafts
Actually the years when I was playing totally un - well, they were just roles that just went by the board, you wouldn't want to know. But anyway, I'm glad I had that chance to build my craft.
training maids instance
When I opened up in "Gaslight," for instance, playing that narky maid, that all came about from my experience and my training up to that point, and so nothing was wasted.
sublime roles care
I don't care whether it's a chance meeting or playing a role that you thought was totally wrong but you did it anyway. It will often turn out to be the thing that will lead you to the role which is sublime.
fighting people roles
The thing I always say is that I wasn't going out reaching for roles, I wasn't fighting for roles - people came to me. They always came to me.
thinking yellowstone japan
I just went along for the ride. It was a God-given gift. It is. So you can't say well, you wasted your life because you spent all of it acting, but I think gosh, I've never been to China, I've never been to Japan. I've never been to Yellowstone Park.
years done london
I played the Piccadilly Theater with "Gypsy" and also the Old Vic, and I've done other shows in London, but not for 40 years.
nuts play names
Unfortunately, because the theater is always a poor relation when it comes to making the nut, it's not easy to get the audience in to see a play, unless you have a name that is recognizable, that the audience wants to see and is prepared to pay the $125 to see.
rehearsal pages collaboration
The collaboration really begins once the rehearsal starts. This is when the actor takes his place, because he becomes the one who is going to bring the words of the author off the page.