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 More Quotes by Angela Lansbury More Quotes From Angela Lansbury Better to be busy than to be busy worrying. Angela Lansbury busy worry You just have to be open and ready, and let it all happen. Angela Lansbury ready happens Here I am, I still go on, you know, like the tides. Angela Lansbury tides goes-on here-i-am I'm the bionic woman. I have a very strong constitution, and I take excruciatingly good care of myself. Angela Lansbury constitution care strong 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. Angela Lansbury purpose want giving We all have levels of performance. Angela Lansbury performances levels Im in a very enviable position, being able to work like this 45 years later. Its always beginning! I never have a sense of finishing up, just new things beginning. When I die, theyre going to carry me off a stage. Angela Lansbury finishing able years 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. Angela Lansbury granted individual feelings I'm Angie to everybody, you've got to learn. Angela Lansbury 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. Angela Lansbury realizing careers busy My daughter used to sit and watch Murder, She Wrote. I tried to watch with her, but I fell asleep. Angela Lansbury murder daughter watches The theater is magical and addictive. Angela Lansbury theater Mystery is something that appeals to most everybody. Angela Lansbury appeals mystery I'm not going to be dancing with the stars at this stage in my life. But I want to dance and bop around, and I did, and I can. Angela Lansbury dancing dance stars ... because lifestyles are changing constantly the rules of etiquette are changing too -- a little slower than lifestyles perhaps, but still changing. Angela Lansbury etiquette lifestyle littles 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. Angela Lansbury lines acting way 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. Angela Lansbury rehearsal collaboration actors My mother was one of the most beautiful women, I have to say, of her generation. She was absolutely lovely. She was a very, extremely sensitive, Irish actress. She came from Belfast, Northern Ireland, and she came to London, and she was sort of discovered by several people. Angela Lansbury mother beautiful people Everything I did actually helped to build the revenue, shall we say, of experience, which enabled me to play a variety of roles as I got older. Angela Lansbury revenue roles play Actors are not made, they are born. Angela Lansbury born actors made
