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

~Angela Lansbury

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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

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

~Angela Lansbury

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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

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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.

~Angela Lansbury

Topics: Actress Almost Almost Anything Anything Attempt Bring Could Journeyman Myself Off Think Will I Think I Can

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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

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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

Topics: Believe Buses Curtain Every Every Night Go Like Love Loves Me New New York Night Opens Out Race Side York You Yours

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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.

~Angela Lansbury

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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.

~Angela Lansbury

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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.

~Angela Lansbury

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actress

Born: October 16th, 1925

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