Angela Lansbury Quotes

Well, it was the beginning of my film career. It was amazing to me that I got nominated for an Academy Award.

Even if I hadn't have been nominated for an Oscar, to have won the Golden Glove was just fantastic.

I won an Academy Award for 'The Cider House Rules,' playing an American.

My career is too short for there to be any turns! But I would say that not everyone is noticed and accepted in their debut films. I was accepted both by the industry and the audience.

I know one thing; I'll never win an Academy Award.

What I really want is an Oscar.

I had a whole bunch of very successful movies. I have worked with some incredible people - incredible.

I'm not aiming for an Academy Award.

I did get to work with Anthony Hopkins on 'The Human Stain.' If I ever manage to accomplish a quarter of what he's achieved, I'll have had one hell of a career.

I got my first big paycheck for 'My Best Friend's Wedding.' This was in the days when you actually did get paid to have a supporting role. It just doesn't happen like that anymore, but this was in the '90s. It was the golden age!

I have my very own Oscar now to be with me until death us do part.

I guess I really haven't thought much about winning an Oscar, but if I had the opportunity, I'm sure I would like it.

When you look at Darling and the Oscars, it has to be luck. It was a black and white film and it was the last time that there was a black and white Oscar.

I think that no matter whether you're Quentin Tarantino or any other kind of a rebel, or whatever, everyone who makes movies still wants to win an Academy Award, because it's like the Pulitzer Prize or the Congressional Medal of Honor.

An Academy Award nomination is stuff dreams are made of.

Working with Bruce Willis makes my career authentic. I may not get an Oscar, but I worked with Bruce Willis. That matters more to me.

I was working at a restaurant, I booked the role in 'Twilight,' put in my two weeks' notice, got fitted, flew to Portland, filmed, and then it started getting hype. That helped me get my foot into certain doors before the movie even came out.

I was 40 when I did my first movie.

People think you know beforehand when you win an Oscar - I can assure you you don't.

I'd like to win an Oscar.

I was lucky enough to get a very good agent at the age of 15, and got my first film when I was 16, so it's been rolling on since then.

I felt privileged to be a facet of such a jewel in the crown of American cinema.

Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings.

I'm used to seeing it, but it's weird having an Academy Award. You usually only see one of them on the TV show when they give them out, so it's kind of surreal to have one in your house.

I don't believe I was jinxed or hexed by winning an Academy Award in my first picture, 'West Side Story.'