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" 'Blithe Spirit' is played almost all over Britain somewhere at all times because it is such a unique and ridiculously funny show. But it's also, in fact, under those layers of humor, a very serious show. It's quite misogynistic. "

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" 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

Talent

Great

Think

" I've never been particularly aware of my age. It's like being on a bicycle - I just put my foot down and keep going. "

" 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

Night

You

" 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

Director

Extraordinary

" 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. "

" A sitcom. I hate that word. "

" I had the ability, but I didn't have the name. They could have built me, which is what they did with Deborah Kerr, but I don't think I was quite hot enough in the looks department, quite frankly. I was all talent and no looks. "

" 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! "

" We all have levels of performance. "

Angela Lansbury

Levels

Performance

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

Angela Lansbury

Greatest

Worked

" The theater is magical and addictive. "

" Through years and years of playing to various audiences, what I've learned is - and I think quite a few actors will agree with me - we're not always the best judge of that audience's reactions or not. And we discover, to our amazement, at the end of the show, they bring the house down with applause, and we thought, 'No way tonight,' you know. "

" Bringing humor and bringing happiness and joy to an audience is a wonderful opportunity in life, believe me. "

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

" Mystery is something that appeals to most everybody. "

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

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

Angela Lansbury

You

" Those of us who were 12 or 13 when the war started were absolutely thrown into the mainstream. We had to grow up instantly and take care of ourselves. "

" I never regretted what I turned down. "

" 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 lead a very regimented life. I take excruciating care of myself: I take a lot of vitamins, get enough sleep, don't drink apart from a glass of wine occasionally. "

" There is no excuse whatsoever for men to harass women in an abusive sexual manner. And, I am devastated that anyone should deem me capable of thinking otherwise. "

Angela Lansbury

Men

Thinking

" I made about 56 movies, I think. Not that many. "