Elizabeth McGovern

I'm someone who's done the opposite of whatever the received wisdom is, to keep your career going into your 50s.

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

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.

I wasn't ecstatic about being pregnant - I wasn't somebody who actively wanted kids. Certainly there were no fantasies about nappy-changing.

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

I had reconciled myself to being happily out to pasture, a bit.

North Hollywood isn't actually Hollywood, it's in the San Fernando Valley... it's not the most glamorous part of L.A.

I love having the opportunity to explore a part for a great length of time, really get deeper and deeper into it, because you only have a chance to do that once or twice in a career.

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.

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

I just find it fascinating, like everybody, to be in a different life. It's an escape.

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