101 Quotes by Angela Lansbury

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.

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.

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.

It was an extraordinary experience to have backup singers like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. I have never experienced anything quite like it before and I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world.

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

All I knew how to do was to act. That’s the only thing I had in my favor. That was the thing that propelled me forward.

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

I’m Angie to everybody, you’ve got to learn.