Elizabeth McGovern Quotes

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• I turned down the opportunity to be in some films that went on to be blockbusters. Blockbuster
• England as a culture has endured so much more than America has as a culture, so it's given them a different perspective. America
• I can't just sit around thinking how lucky I am. Around Thinking
• I don't believe in villains - just people who channel their energy in the wrong way. Believe
• I had reconciled myself to being happily out to pasture, a bit. Bit
• I have a terrible sense of direction. Direction
• 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 that. Art
• I miss sometimes the buzz of America. A sense that anything can change at the drop of a hat. In a way, it's an exhausting… America
• I wasn't ecstatic about being pregnant - I wasn't somebody who actively wanted kids. Certainly there were no fantasies about nappy-changing. Actively
• I'm someone who's done the opposite of whatever the received wisdom is, to keep your career going into your 50s. Career
• 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. Been
• I've found acting on stage much more challenging than on screen. Acting
• I've got my private life - that's sacred - and I didn't have that before. Inspirational
• If I feel I can play a part I do everything in my power to try to play it. Feel
• In London, I take the Tube everywhere. Everywhere
• In today's world, we all live with the burden of feeling that anything is possible if we're only clever enough, smart enough, work hard enough. All
• It's peaceful for people to know how their lives are going to be, pretty much. Inspirational
• It's very tough when two creative people are together. Creative
• Most people grow up dreaming of going to Hollywood and some of them work and work and work and finally end up in Hollywood. Dream
• My family were all into classical music, and I found that very intimidating. All

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