Elizabeth McGovern Quotes

American - Actress | July 18, 1961 -

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.

Elizabeth McGovern

WorkBusinessJobSayMoreCraft

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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CulturePerspectiveAmericaMore

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

WorkLiveTodaySmartWork Hard

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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WorkPeopleEndGrowHollywoodUp

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

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FeelingHollywoodHotBeingIntense

I've got my private life - that's sacred - and I didn't have that before.

Elizabeth McGovern

LifePrivate LifeGotSacredBefore

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

Elizabeth McGovern

LifeMyselfViewMy LifePerson

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

Elizabeth McGovern

PowerFeelI CanPlayTryI Feel

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

Elizabeth McGovern

PeoplePeacefulKnowPrettyGoing

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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TimeOpportunitiesDecisionsNowToo

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.

Elizabeth McGovern

FamilyPersonalGetting MarriedWell

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.

Elizabeth McGovern

ChangeLiveHatAmericaSometimes

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