"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."

Mother, Talent, London

19

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"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."

Exlpore more Mother quotes

"A mother is the most important blessing of your life."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Mother, Blessing, Love

"When I saw Virginia Woolf, somewhere between the first and second acts, someone I had known as my mother became somebody else."

Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian Actor

Mother, First

"My mother and father were fantastic, very active. I find it difficult to say this, but I'm quite a loving person and I've always been loving to my friends. In the long run, that pays off. I'm very interested in other people, and if you are, they're interested in you."

Boy George, English Musician

Mother, Father, People, Friends

"I was so sad from losing two of my dogs and my mother. I had this vision of all these animals sitting behind bars. They had no control and were scared. That's why I got into fostering and adopting animals out."

Linda Blair, American Actress

Mother, Control, Vision, Animals

"I was happy, I wasn't beaten, and I lacked nothing. But it wasn't what people expect - it was very much sort of pinching and scraping. I don't know how my mother did it."

Kristin Scott Thomas, English Actress

Mother, People, Nothing

"The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

Mother, Heart, First

"But my mother loved The Elephant Man, and my father gave David Lynch a scholarship to study in Rome."

Isabella Rossellini, Italian Actress

Mother, Father, Man, Rome

"A mother's love is more beautiful than any fresh flower."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Mother, Love, Beauty

"I just cleared the slate and thought of her as a mother and went from there."

Marg Helgenberger, American Actress

Mother, Thought

"My daughter teases me once in a while saying, Remember when you used to be my mother and you had black hair?"

Loni Anderson, American Actress

Mother, Daughter, Hair, Saying

Explore more quotes by Angela Lansbury

"A sitcom. I hate that word."

Hate

"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!"

Age

"Here I am, I still go on, you know, like the tides."

Tides

"I have never directed. But I think I could. I have thought about it. I'm a bit long in the tooth to start."

Thought

"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."

Mother

"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."

Will

19

Standard

Customized

Exlpore more Mother quotes

"A mother is the most important blessing of your life."

"When I saw Virginia Woolf, somewhere between the first and second acts, someone I had known as my mother became somebody else."

"My mother and father were fantastic, very active. I find it difficult to say this, but I'm quite a loving person and I've always been loving to my friends. In the long run, that pays off. I'm very interested in other people, and if you are, they're interested in you."

"I was so sad from losing two of my dogs and my mother. I had this vision of all these animals sitting behind bars. They had no control and were scared. That's why I got into fostering and adopting animals out."

"I was happy, I wasn't beaten, and I lacked nothing. But it wasn't what people expect - it was very much sort of pinching and scraping. I don't know how my mother did it."

"The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart."

"But my mother loved The Elephant Man, and my father gave David Lynch a scholarship to study in Rome."

"A mother's love is more beautiful than any fresh flower."

"I just cleared the slate and thought of her as a mother and went from there."

"My daughter teases me once in a while saying, Remember when you used to be my mother and you had black hair?"

Explore more quotes by Angela Lansbury

"A sitcom. I hate that word."

"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!"

"Here I am, I still go on, you know, like the tides."

"I have never directed. But I think I could. I have thought about it. I'm a bit long in the tooth to start."

"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."

"I don't think about going back to the theater."

"The theater is magical and addictive."

"I made about 56 movies, I think. Not that many."

"We all have levels of performance."

"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."