Top 40 Quotes by Elizabeth McGovern

Most people grow up dreaming of going to Hollywood and some of them work and work and work and finally end up in Hollywood.

Now we have to contend with overstimulation and too many opportunities all the time, and too many decisions all the time.

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

I have a terrible sense of direction.

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

In London, I take the Tube everywhere.

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.

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.

Honestly, I am always shocked when I see myself in the mirror because I feel exactly the same as I did when I was 18 getting off the plane to go to Juilliard in New York.

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