... because lifestyles are changing constantly the rules of etiquette are changing too -- a little slower than lifestyles perhaps, but still changing. Angela Lansbury More Quotes by Angela Lansbury More Quotes From Angela Lansbury I'd been out of the movies for years, I had had a wonderful stage career, yes, in musicals and so on, but you don't really make any money in the theater. Angela Lansbury careers wonderful years I usually arrive at the first rehearsal with a vague memory of most of it. But the real work happens in rehearsal, oddly enough, because what happens is that you match the words to the movement, and once you know where you're moving, then the words that accompany that movement become not locked into your mind and your brain and your whole body. Angela Lansbury real memories moving I haven't been back to London for 40 years to do a play, so to play Madame Arcati there, she would be tickled to death knowing that that was what I was doing. I hope she would. She was a wonderfully unique and very special, very darling woman. Angela Lansbury unique play years 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. Angela Lansbury london done years 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. Angela Lansbury sublime roles care 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. Angela Lansbury roles fighting people 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." Angela Lansbury stills enough long 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. Angela Lansbury actresses notes husband I honestly feel that "Murder, She Wrote" stands alone, as many of the other great shows of the past 35, 40 years do. It stands alone, and it's still on. It's still all over the world, "Murder, She Wrote," Jessica Fletcher and "Murder, She Wrote." Angela Lansbury past world years 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. Angela Lansbury choir singers world I never regretted what I turned down. Angela Lansbury turned-down never-regret A sitcom. I hate that word. Angela Lansbury sitcom i-hate hate Louis B. Mayer and I got along like a house afire. He never chased me around his desk or tried anything with me. Of course, he never gave me any good parts, either. Angela Lansbury desks hollywood house The Manchurian Candidate was the most important movie I was in, let's face it. Angela Lansbury candidates important faces 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! Angela Lansbury awards age mean I have never directed. But I think I could. I have thought about it. I'm a bit long in the tooth to start. Angela Lansbury teeth long thinking 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 bucks shows directors 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 mother kids thinking I made about 56 movies, I think. Not that many. Angela Lansbury made thinking I've worked with the greatest actors, and they're all gone. This is what's so desperate to me. Angela Lansbury desperate actors gone
