American - Actress | July 18, 1961 -
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
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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'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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It's very tough when two creative people are together.
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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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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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Hollywood never suited me, I didn't ever feel comfortable with it, it took me a couple of years but I found where I was always meant to be... Chiswick!
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I turned down the opportunity to be in some films that went on to be blockbusters.
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My father was an academic, an eccentric. He was a lecturer.
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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.
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I had reconciled myself to being happily out to pasture, a bit.
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I still feel I'm doing the same work I've always done.
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