Elizabeth McGovern

So the English approach to show business and their work is more - and this is a big generalization, I hasten to…

— Elizabeth McGovern

I've been in things that have impressed people and they've come up to congratulate you but in a kind of, you-must-think-you're-really-special way.

— Elizabeth McGovern

Now we have to contend with overstimulation and too many opportunities all the time, and too many decisions all the time.

— Elizabeth McGovern

I have a terrible sense of direction.

— Elizabeth McGovern

I like writing letters and receiving letters. It's a shame that we've lost the art of letter-writing and saving correspondence. I mourn…

— Elizabeth McGovern

I had reconciled myself to being happily out to pasture, a bit.

— Elizabeth McGovern

If I feel I can play a part I do everything in my power to try to play it.

— Elizabeth McGovern

We lack rituals in this modern world.

— Elizabeth McGovern

My family were all into classical music, and I found that very intimidating.

— Elizabeth McGovern

North Hollywood isn't actually Hollywood, it's in the San Fernando Valley... it's not the most glamorous part of L.A.

— Elizabeth McGovern

I'm someone who's done the opposite of whatever the received wisdom is, to keep your career going into your 50s.

— Elizabeth McGovern

To me, the lyrics of the song define the kind of style it is.

— Elizabeth McGovern

In London, I take the Tube everywhere.

— Elizabeth McGovern

I love having the opportunity to explore a part for a great length of time, really get deeper and deeper into it,…

— Elizabeth McGovern

Most people grow up dreaming of going to Hollywood and some of them work and work and work and finally end up…

— Elizabeth McGovern

Hollywood never suited me, I didn't ever feel comfortable with it, it took me a couple of years but I found where…

— Elizabeth McGovern

At the beginning of a long-running play, everyone's nervous and paces around in a panic and reapplies lipstick. After a while, you'll…

— Elizabeth McGovern

I don't believe in villains - just people who channel their energy in the wrong way.

— Elizabeth McGovern

In today's world, we all live with the burden of feeling that anything is possible if we're only clever enough, smart enough,…

— Elizabeth McGovern

I wasn't ecstatic about being pregnant - I wasn't somebody who actively wanted kids. Certainly there were no fantasies about nappy-changing.

— Elizabeth McGovern

I've got my private life - that's sacred - and I didn't have that before.

— Elizabeth McGovern

I miss sometimes the buzz of America. A sense that anything can change at the drop of a hat. In a way,…

— Elizabeth McGovern

Well, I have a band, Sadie and the Hotheads, and we have an album that is already out that is available on…

— Elizabeth McGovern

There is nothing in my life where I view myself as a 1920s person.

— Elizabeth McGovern

I've found acting on stage much more challenging than on screen.

— Elizabeth McGovern