Angela Lansbury Quotes

If you have a great part, you have the opportunity to give a good performance. The greatest actors get the best parts, and the best parts make the greatest actors. There are plenty of people who are as talented, who just never got the part.

In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things.

I used to beg for auditions. Now, they're being thrown at me.

The acting thing is the side benefit of becoming a little bit well known with my music.

To be allowed for the first time in your later career to play leading parts in extremely popular movies is not a situation to worry about.

There are lots of actors out there who are hugely, hugely talented and haven't got the breaks I've had.

There were so many people who wanted me for their films.

Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more.

People return my phone calls now, which is really interesting. I'll tell you what I've learned that's kind of bittersweet. So many doors have opened up. I've met everybody in the business. I'm fortunate people want to work with me.

People don't know this, but early in your career, you don't just glide on to The Tonight Show.

With a modest amount of looks and talent, and more than a modicum of serendipity, I've managed to stretch my 15 minutes of fame into 50 years of good fortune.

There are lot of people who speak about superstardom, but I'd like to say that it's not about any individual - it's about the opportunity.

You never know what ultimately will give traction to being a star.

Maybe I didn't take the advantage and become a star and get all the brands so that I could solidify my space in the world.

I believe that reality shows are extremely important for the talented. Contestants get a platform where they can prove their talent. If they are good at what they do, their life is made. Personally, reality shows have helped me get fame and money.

Good work will come to you when your film does well.

There are parts that you can do them all your life, and no one knows you're even acting, and there are other parts which somehow - I think they say they 'pop' - people notice that you're in and you become an actor from the movies and people take you in a whole different way. Whether or not I can keep that ball rolling is another matter.

People think I'm crazy, but I'm in demand.

I have a luxury of people coming to see me whether I play for the crowd or not. I don't take that lightly.

There are tons of people who have made great music, great art, great whatever, but you don't know about them until the people lift you to a certain height so that you could even be visible and get any kind of recognition.

The good thing about this Casino Royale thing, that I hope and pray, is that I'll have more opportunities. That roles will come up to me rather than going to the auditions. But I still have a lot of things to prove. I haven't, I think, shown all my talent.

Of course when people are as talented as Jim O'Rourke or Gene Coleman, pretty soon you know that they're going to be part of the bigger scene anyway.

In my career, I've had people talking about different things many times, but then not get nominated.

A good role comes along, and a good role is a good role.

People don't believe this, but Hollywood really is a meritocracy.