Elizabeth McGovern Quotes

• Whenever I work on anything, there’s always the fantasy that what one is doing is the next ‘Citizen Kane’-slash-‘Sopranos.’

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• Well, when I moved to England I was making a lot of personal adjustments because I was getting married and starting a family, that sort of thing.

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

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

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

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• So the English approach to show business and their work is more – and this is a big generalization, I hasten to say – but it’s more, they work on it as a craft job.

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

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

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

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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.

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• It’s very tough when two creative people are together.

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• It’s peaceful for people to know how their lives are going to be, pretty much.

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  Tags in Pretty, Lives, Peaceful

• 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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  Tags in Today, Smart

• In London, I take the Tube everywhere.

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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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  Tags in Everything, Play

Elizabeth McGovern (39)

Birth:	18th July, 1961
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress

About

Elizabeth Lee McGovern was born in Evanston, Illinois, USA. She is an American film, television, and theater actress. She received an Academy Award nomination for her role as Evelyn Nesbit in the 1981 film Ragtime. She is also known for her performance as Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham in the British drama series Downton Abbey, for which she has been nominated for an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award. Her other films include Ordinary People, Once Upon A Time In America, The Handmaid's Tale and The Wings of the Dove. She studied at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, then at The Juilliard School in New York City.

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