Angela Lansbury Quotes

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Frustration with Poor Quality Work

Miss Price Oh, bother. I do hate shoddy work.

[after turning King Leonidas into a rabbit]

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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Game Over for Benoit Blanc

Benoit Blanc Hold on. What just happened?

Angela Lansbury Blanc, I saw you go in the engine room. You're ]. We all know it! Case closed, we're done.

[[W:Among Us|the imposter]

Benoit Blanc I don't understand this at all. So Angie caught me and now the game's just over?

Stephen Sondheim Sorry, Blanc, you're thrown out the airlock. It's a no brainer.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar I've got to say, the world's greatest detective? I thought you'd be better at this.

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Bedknobs and Broomsticks

A Lesson in Cleanliness Before Lunch

Miss Price The lunch is at six. You will wash, thoroughly—

Charlie Wash?!

Miss Price You will wash yourself thoroughly, otherwise do without lunch, is that clear?

Charlie A house of horror, that's what we've come to.

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Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Discussion on Poisoned Dragon's Liver

Charlie Poisoned dragon's liver?!

Miss Price Poisoned dragon's liver.

Paul Do you poison the dragon or just the liver?

Miss Price It comes prepared. It's part of the school equipment.

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Gaslight

A Casual Exchange Before an Evening Out

Gregory You're looking very pretty this afternoon, Nancy. Do you know that?

Nancy I don't know it at all, sir, I'm sure.

Gregory Tonight is your night out, isn't it?

Nancy That's right, sir.

Gregory And who are you meeting tonight?...I see they've changed the policeman on the beat. Is his heart going to be added to the list of those you've broken?

Nancy I did not broken any, sir.

Gregory Oh, now, I'm sure that's not true. And that complexion of yours. That's something that's not quite true, either. Oh, you do it very cleverly, I grant you. In fact, I was wondering whether you might not care to pass some of your secrets on to your mistress and help her get rid of her pallor.

Nancy Sure, I'd be very pleased to do anything I can, sir.

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Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Witchcraft and Gender Roles Explained

Miss Price Technically a witch is always a lady except when circumstances dictate otherwise.

[reading from Professor Browne's letter]

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Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Misunderstandings Over a Nightgown

Miss Price That's my nightgown!

Mr. Browne Is it really, my dear?

Miss Price Yes, and I'm not responsible for its behavior.

Mr. Browne Obviously not, my dear.

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Bedknobs and Broomsticks

A Mischievous Proposal for the Colonel

Colonel Heller No, fraulein, this is not the invasion, just a little exercise, a minor raid to induce panic and to spread a little mischief. When you English get it through your head that the German forces can land at will whenever and wherever we please, perhaps you will consider a reasonable peace.

Charlie Not bloody likely!

Paul Go on, Miss Price. Do it to him.

Miss Price I must say, it's very tempting. Colonel, how would you feel about being turned into a nice white rabbit? I said, how would you feel about being turned into a nice white rabbit?!

[The colonel and a soldier read a map, ignoring Miss Price]

Colonel Heller Be quiet, please!

Miss Price Filigree, apogee, epigee...!

Charlie Not again.

Carrie Your memory, Miss Price.

Miss Price Charles, would you kindly fetch me my notebook from the workroom, please?

Charlie Right-o.

Colonel Heller SILENCE!!! Fraulein, we have work to do. I am sorry, but I must send all of you someplace where you will no longer be a nuisance.

[The commotion stops; Gives an order in German and continues working]

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Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Miss Price Reveals Her First Name

Mr. Browne What's your name?

Miss Price Miss Price.

[disinterestedly]

Mr. Browne No, I mean your first name.

Miss Price Eglantine.

Mr. Browne Eglantine...Eglantine... Oh, how you shine!

[He pushes the ladder upon which Miss Price is standing along the rail, startling her.]

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Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Mystery of the Missing Spell Pages

Miss Price Ah, here we are! "Substitutiary locomotion. The ancient art of..." "The spell which creates this force is five mystic words. These words are..." But the rest of the book is missing!

[reading from the book she has found at last; She reads for a few moments in a whisper.; She pauses incredulously, and turns over the tattered leaves of the book.]

Mr. Browne Now you see why I closed down the college.

Miss Price But where are the other pages?

Mr. Browne Haven't the foggiest.

Miss Price Listen to me, Mr. Browne!

Mr. Browne I'm all ears.

Miss Price You will be if you don't pay attention. Where did you get this book?

Mr. Browne Well, I bought it from a chap in the street market. There was a bit of unpleasantness, as a matter of fact. He claimed that I'd given him a dud coin, I ask you. There was a sort of scuffle, the book tore, he got one half, and I got the other.

Miss Price But where's the other half now?

Mr. Browne Oh, it's probably been thrown away, but if it still exists, there's only one place to find it.

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Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Witty Discontent with Magical Transformations

Mr. Browne Does one's nose have to twitch like this?

[after being transformed into a rabbit a second time]

Miss Price Oh, you're back, Mr. Browne.

[not looking up from the book]

Mr. Browne Madam, a word about your tactics - I don't mind so much being turned into a hawk or a tiger, or something with a bit of dash to it, but always a fluffy, white rabbit? It's intolerable!

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Bedknobs and Broomsticks

A Casual Conversation About an Injury

Charlie Hurt your foot, Miss Price?

Miss Price Oh, just twisted my ankle.

Charlie Sorry to hear that.

Miss Price Thank you. It's nothing serious.

Charlie Lovely weather for flying last night.

Miss Price Why did you say that, Charles?

Charlie Game's up, Miss Price. We know what you are.

[bringing out her broken broomstick]

Miss Price I see.

Charlie Don't worry, Miss Price. No one's gonna peach on you.

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Nanny McPhee

Aunt Adelaide's Stance on Loose Vowels

Aunt Adelaide If there's one thing I won't stand for, it's loose vowels.

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Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Search for the Lost Spell Words

Bookman I assume you're looking for the same thing I am. May I? This is quite a moment for both of us. "Substitutiary locomtion, the lost miracle of the ancients..." And so on, and so forth. Ah, here we are! "The spell which creates this force is five mystic words. These words are...

[He and Miss Price exchange their halves of the book; Starts reading from Miss Price's half]

Miss Price ...engraved on the star that was always worn by the sorcerer Astoroth.

[reads from the Bookman's half]

Bookman But where are the words of the spell? I assumed they'd be in your half of the manuscript.

Miss Price But I thought they'd be in yours.

Bookman Once again, a dead end. I shall never know the secret.

[devastated]

Mr. Browne Isn't that old Astoroth? And there's his star. It's a pity it's so small you can't read the writing.

Miss Price But why the animals?

Bookman Towards the end of his life, Astoroth kept animals in cages and searched for the spells that would make them more like humans. The legend is that finally the animals rebelled at the experiment, killed Astoroth, and stole many of his powers.

Miss Price Including the star with the spell on it?

Bookman Possibly. They found a ship, sailed away, and were never heard of again. However, there's a final notation in my half of the book saying that, in the 17th century, a shipwrecked lascar was taken from the sea, half-mad with thirst and exposure to the sun. Before he died, he swore he had seen an island ruled by animals.

Miss Price Where?

Bookman There is, I regret to say, no such island. I looked for it in every chart. The Isle of Naboombu does not exist.

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Misunderstanding Between Characters in a Scene

Paul It's Mr. Browne, that who it is!

Miss Price If you are Mr. Browne, would you kindly get down off my lap?

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Miss Price's Struggles with Children

Miss Price Children and I don't get on.

Gaslight

Evening Plans and Musical Interests

Nancy Gonna work on your tunes again tonight, sir? You're always working, aren't you?

Gregory Yes. What are you doing with your evening out?

Nancy Oh, I'm going to a music hall...

[She begins singing 'Up in a balloon']

Gregory I've never been to an English music hall.

Nancy Oh, you don't know what you've missed, sir...

Gregory And whom are you going to the music hall with?

Nancy A gentleman friend, sir.

Gregory Oh, now, you know, Nancy, don't you, that gentlemen friends are sometimes inclined to take liberties with young ladies?

Nancy Oh, no, sir, not with me. I can take care of myself - when I want to.

Gregory You know, Nancy, it strikes me that you're not at all the kind of girl that your mistress should have for a housemaid.

Nancy No, sir? She's not the only one in the house - is she?

[flirtatiously]

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Unexpected Encounters in a Quiet Home

Charlie Who else lives here?

Miss Price I live alone — it suits my purposes.

Carrie Sorry Miss! The cat scared us!

Miss Price It’s not exactly! It was you who scared him.

Carrie What is your cat's name?

Miss Price I don't like giving cats ridiculous names, I call it a cosmic thrill because that's the name it came with.

Nanny McPhee

Aunt Adelaide's Concern About Cedric's Children

Aunt Adelaide Let me not beat about the bush, Cedric. The problem with you is that you have too many children.

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Unexpected Encounters in an Abandoned Neighborhood

Miss Price You must have given us the wrong address! You don't live here, do you?

Mr. Browne In point of fact I do. Temporarily, at any rate. I found the front door open, the house was deserted! Everyone has left the neighborhood.

Miss Price Why on earth would someone do a thing like that?

Mr. Browne I would say this may have something to do with it…

[gestures toward an unexploded bomb]

Miss Price Merciful heavens! I should be terrified at the very idea of living here.

Mr. Browne You would have thought so, wouldn't you? I am, by nature, a little bit of a coward—but then I pondered, as I often do: in the perverse nature of things, this diabolical object is probably the best friend I ever had. It has enabled me for the first time in my life to live like a king. Shall we go in?

Memorable Quotes from Angela Lansbury