Elizabeth McGovern quotes
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“By definition, an actor's life is a recipe for regret. There are always roads you could have taken. But I've lived long enough to realise that each road has its own rewards.”
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“There is nothing in my life where I view myself as a 1920s person.”
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“That feeling of being 19 or 20 and 'hot' in Hollywood was so intense.”
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“To me, the lyrics of the song define the kind of style it is.”
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“The way it works in Hollywood is that if you're hot it doesn't matter if you're right for the part or not, you're just offered it.”
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“Well, I have a band, Sadie and the Hotheads, and we have an album that is already out that is available on our website.”
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“We lack rituals in this modern world.”
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“Now we have to contend with overstimulation and too many opportunities all the time, and too many decisions all the time.”
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“It's very tough when two creative people are together.”
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“Most people grow up dreaming of going to Hollywood and some of them work and work and work and finally end up in Hollywood.”
-- Elizabeth McGovernSource : "Elizabeth McGovern: the lady is a vamp" by Andrew Anthony, www.theguardian.com. September 15, 2012.
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“My family were all into classical music, and I found that very intimidating.”
-- Elizabeth McGovern#Intimidating Quotes #My Family Quotes #Classical Music Quotes
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“My father was an academic, an eccentric. He was a lecturer.”
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“My job now is to work hard and learn all I can.”
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“North Hollywood isn't actually Hollywood, it's in the San Fernando Valley... it's not the most glamorous part of L.A.”
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“It's peaceful for people to know how their lives are going to be, pretty much.”
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“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.”
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“In London, I take the Tube everywhere.”
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“England as a culture has endured so much more than America has as a culture, so it's given them a different perspective.”
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“I can't just sit around thinking how lucky I am.”
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“I don't believe in villains - just people who channel their energy in the wrong way.”
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“I had reconciled myself to being happily out to pasture, a bit.”
-- Elizabeth McGovernSource : "Elizabeth McGovern Talks DOWNTON ABBEY, What Fans Can Expect in Season 3, the Success of the Show, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 5, 2013.
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“I have a terrible sense of direction.”
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“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.”
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“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 thing to live with.”
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“I wasn't ecstatic about being pregnant - I wasn't somebody who actively wanted kids. Certainly there were no fantasies about nappy-changing.”
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“I'm someone who's done the opposite of whatever the received wisdom is, to keep your career going into your 50s.”
-- Elizabeth McGovernSource : "Elizabeth McGovern Talks DOWNTON ABBEY, What Fans Can Expect in Season 3, the Success of the Show, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 5, 2013.
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“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.”
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“I've found acting on stage much more challenging than on screen.”
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“I've got my private life - that's sacred - and I didn't have that before.”
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“If I feel I can play a part I do everything in my power to try to play it.”
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“I turned down the opportunity to be in some films that went on to be blockbusters.”
-- Elizabeth McGovern
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