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
incredible proud
It's an incredible experience. I am so proud and so honored.
carry enviable finishing work
I'm in a very enviable position, being able to work like this 45 years later. It's always beginning! I never have a sense of finishing up, just new things beginning. When I die, they're going to carry me off a stage.
giving purpose want
The purpose of etiquette is to provide an easy set of rules which we can follow when we are in a hurry and want to make sure that we do not give offense to anybody.
here-i-am goes-on tides
Here I am, I still go on, you know, like the tides.
worry busy
Better to be busy than to be busy worrying.
ready happens
You just have to be open and ready, and let it all happen.
levels performances
We all have levels of performance.
thinking actresses i-can
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.
littles lifestyle etiquette
... because lifestyles are changing constantly the rules of etiquette are changing too -- a little slower than lifestyles perhaps, but still changing.
feelings granted individual
I honestly consider that the greatest gift to me, is the reaction that I get from my work. That is a given which I never, ever take for granted. But to be given that by audiences, individuals, on the street, in the theater, is an extraordinary feeling.
new-york love-you believe
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.
daughter watches murder
My daughter used to sit and watch Murder, She Wrote. I tried to watch with her, but I fell asleep.
son years ideas
I had no idea that such a thing could happen. It never occurred to me.My son told me. He called me and said, "Darling, I just wanted you to know that you have been chosen to receive an honorary Academy Award." I was in the back of this car, and I said, "Oh," and burst into tears, of course, because it was so unexpected and quite wonderful. I thought it's been worth hanging around all these years.
gone actors desperate
I've worked with the greatest actors, and they're all gone. This is what's so desperate to me.