Elizabeth McGovern Quotes

• 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.

  Elizabeth McGovern

  Art, Writing, Receiving

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Elizabeth McGovern

  America, Perspective, Different

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Elizabeth McGovern

  Regret, Taken, Long

  Biography/Personal Quotes, labs.imdb.com.

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

  Elizabeth McGovern

  Believe, People, Energy

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We lack rituals in this modern world.

  Elizabeth McGovern

  World, Modern, Ritual

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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 McGovern

  Dream, Growing Up, People

  "Elizabeth McGovern: the lady is a vamp" by Andrew Anthony, www.theguardian.com. September 15, 2012.

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

  Elizabeth McGovern

  Pastures, Bits

  "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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• Well, I have a band, Sadie and the Hotheads, and we have an album that is already out that is available on our website.

  Elizabeth McGovern

  Albums, Band, Hotheads

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I can't just sit around thinking how lucky I am.

  Elizabeth McGovern

  Thinking, Lucky, I Can

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Elizabeth McGovern

  Hollywood, Valleys, Glamorous

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• That feeling of being 19 or 20 and 'hot' in Hollywood was so intense.

  Elizabeth McGovern

  Feelings, Hollywood, Hot

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My father was an academic, an eccentric. He was a lecturer.

  Elizabeth McGovern

  Father, Eccentric, Academic

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I turned down the opportunity to be in some films that went on to be blockbusters.

  Elizabeth McGovern

  Opportunity, Film, Turned Down

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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 get long-running card games or word games like Boggle.

  Elizabeth McGovern

  Nervous, Lipstick

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• In London, I take the Tube everywhere.

  Elizabeth McGovern

  London, Tubes

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Elizabeth McGovern

  Kids, Fantasy, Nappies

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Elizabeth McGovern

  Hollywood, Hot, Matter

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

  Elizabeth McGovern

  Song, Style, Kind

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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 McGovern

  Opposites, Careers, Done

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

  Elizabeth McGovern

  Views, Persons

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Elizabeth McGovern

  Thinking, People, Special

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My job now is to work hard and learn all I can.

  Elizabeth McGovern

  Jobs, Hard Work, Hard

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Elizabeth McGovern

  Challenges, Acting, Found

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Elizabeth McGovern

  Clever, Smart, Hard Work

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Elizabeth McGovern

  Play, Trying, Feels

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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