58 Quotes by Elizabeth McGovern

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.

England as a culture has endured so much more than America has as a culture, so it’s given them a different perspective.

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

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

I can’t just sit around thinking how lucky I am.

I’ve got my private life – that’s sacred – and I didn’t have that before.

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.

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.

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