Angela Lansbury Quotes

My nana was an actress, my mom was an actress, and my sister, too. So because I was surrounded by it, it really came naturally.

I always enjoyed acting. My aunt was actually an actress.

I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to learn until later on. My father being a director, I learnt a real work ethic.

Both my parents were working in politics when I was growing up, so going on stage was not that great a leap.

My dad was a keen actor when he was young; my auntie is heavily involved in amateur dramatics back in Northern Ireland, and my great aunt was a woman called Greer Garson.

I was born with a silver microphone in my mouth, and that was an advantage. My father wrote books and was also a great broadcaster.

My Mother is an actress, so it's always been a part of my life.

I do come from a strong family.

I am the daughter of the Chairman of the Board and thus, was raised with great music.

As I have said many times - my father was a great fan of Bill Dickey's and he certainly loved the Yankees. I hope that he would be pleased.

My own special relationship with America began at an early age. My father, a fellow journalist, named me after Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

My father was in Congress when I was born. He was mayor my whole life from when I was in grade school - first grade - to when I went away to college.

I have a lot of relatives that were dancers and musicians and artists. They basically came out of the womb doing it.

My dad was a doctor who worked at a jail. He was more like a jail administrator. My mom was a public school teacher. There's no artists in my family whatsoever. So I don't know how that got in my gene pool, but it did.

My love of singing is hereditary.

My family always says my voice is a gift—a precious jewel I inherited from my maternal grandma, Julia Kate Hudson. My sister and I used to joke that the 'Kates' in our family got all the talent.

My grandfather Prescott passed down the idea that you would only run for office after you had built a financial base - then it was time to give back and go into public service.

Acting is in my blood.

We're always aware of our family being creative, but it wasn't like, 'My uncle is an amazing actor; I want to be like that.'

In one way or another, everybody has this experience in their lives... the moment when you have to define your relationship to family and how your family's made you who you are, whether you've spent your life running from your family or deeply connected to your family.

While I loved aspects of the law, my upbringing had shown me that in politics, you could make policy decisions that actually changed people's lives - so I made my decision, and ran for my father's old seat.

My dad originally wanted to be a foreign correspondent before he got into politics. We have very similar personalities, so I think I get a lot of that interest from him.

My dad passed on his cricketing talent. My mum has enabled me to use it.

I knew about boxing, as my dad could fight. He had a successful security firm in Liverpool, and I'd see him come back from a jog before shadow boxing in the back yard. I'd watch and replicate what he was doing, as kids do. It's funny how things turn out.

My whole family is pretty talented, I feel like.