Elizabeth McGovern told : "It was strangely and almost scarily as though we'd never stopped,"

CBSnews Friday, September 20, 2019 8:32:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern said : "I was really relieved that I wasn't the one who had to write it," "Because I did feel a lot of pressure. I mean, I was actually thinking, is this such a good idea? Because people have so much affection for those characters and for that series. And it's a risk"

CBSnews Friday, September 20, 2019 8:32:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern said : "They experimented with different tacks and finally decided, no, we want to give the fans what they want," "We want to go back in time. Indulge in the nostalgia of people missing the series, as much as they miss that era. And just let's hang out with these people that we've spent so much time with and we've invested a lot in, and let's have an adventure"

CBSnews Friday, September 20, 2019 8:32:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern said : "I think that things are moving so fast at the moment that psychologically we cannot actually keep up with it," "We cannot actually deal with the enormous amount of choice we have, our enormous ability to talk to everyone at any time of the day, the kind of stimulation that is constantly being fed into our brains. And to go back to a place in time where there was no choice. People had a job, they accepted the job for life. People had a role, they were told, and they knew how to behave. If they didn't know, Carson would tell them"

CBSnews Friday, September 20, 2019 8:32:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern said : "I think that's something that this show has reminded people," "To treat each other with respect no matter what our walk of life. The downstairs people are just as interesting to us, to the camera, as the upstairs people. It isn't everything to be the rich guy. And people disagree, but they respect each other as people"

CBSnews Friday, September 20, 2019 8:32:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern told : "It was strangely and almost scarily as though we'd never stopped,"

CBSnews Wednesday, September 18, 2019 6:33:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern said : "I was really relieved that I wasn't the one who had to write it," "Because I did feel a lot of pressure. I mean, I was actually thinking, is this such a good idea? Because people have so much affection for those characters and for that series. And it's a risk"

CBSnews Wednesday, September 18, 2019 6:33:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern said : "They experimented with different tacks and finally decided, no, we want to give the fans what they want," "We want to go back in time. Indulge in the nostalgia of people missing the series, as much as they miss that era. And just let's hang out with these people that we've spent so much time with and we've invested a lot in, and let's have an adventure"

CBSnews Wednesday, September 18, 2019 6:33:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern said : "I think that things are moving so fast at the moment that psychologically we cannot actually keep up with it," "We cannot actually deal with the enormous amount of choice we have, our enormous ability to talk to everyone at any time of the day, the kind of stimulation that is constantly being fed into our brains. And to go back to a place in time where there was no choice. People had a job, they accepted the job for life. People had a role, they were told, and they knew how to behave. If they didn't know, Carson would tell them"

CBSnews Wednesday, September 18, 2019 6:33:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern said : "I think that's something that this show has reminded people," "To treat each other with respect no matter what our walk of life. The downstairs people are just as interesting to us, to the camera, as the upstairs people. It isn't everything to be the rich guy. And people disagree, but they respect each other as people"

CBSnews Wednesday, September 18, 2019 6:33:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern adds : "Women of my generation, we're amazed by the realisation of what we were expected to accept in the workplace"

bbc Friday, September 13, 2019 11:05:00 AM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern adds : "Women of my generation, we're amazed by the realisation of what we were expected to accept in the workplace"

bbc Friday, September 13, 2019 3:29:00 AM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern agreed : "I think we all are very aware of the fact that we're painting an idealised picture of that time," "I always like to emphasise that because it's not a documentary, I mean life for the servants in that era was very, very difficult, and for a woman too - like the character I play - she literally had no say over her own destiny whatsoever"

heart Tuesday, September 10, 2019 10:39:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern added : "The film is for them, I mean that was the idea, let's do it for these people who have become attached to these characters and let's shoot them in a very loving way, because we have this history together. "

itv Monday, September 9, 2019 8:45:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern said : "People do engage with older women characters, almost as much as they do the younger ones,"

itv Monday, September 9, 2019 8:45:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern said : “She was a woman in her middle age who had an awakening,” “It’s a very interesting thing that can happen to someone at any time in a very unexpected time”

forbes Friday, April 19, 2019 10:11:00 AM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern said : “She felt she had a right to sexual awakening that women didn’t feel they had a right to have,”

forbes Friday, April 19, 2019 10:11:00 AM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern says : "I thought it was very easy,"

theage Thursday, April 18, 2019 7:12:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern says : "I thought it was very easy,"

brisbanetimes Thursday, April 18, 2019 7:06:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern says : "I thought it was very easy,"

smh Thursday, April 18, 2019 6:34:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern told : "It was strangely and almost scarily as though we'd never stopped,"

CBSnews Friday, September 20, 2019 8:32:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern said : "I was really relieved that I wasn't the one who had to write it," "Because I did feel a lot of pressure. I mean, I was actually thinking, is this such a good idea? Because people have so much affection for those characters and for that series. And it's a risk"

CBSnews Friday, September 20, 2019 8:32:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern said : "They experimented with different tacks and finally decided, no, we want to give the fans what they want," "We want to go back in time. Indulge in the nostalgia of people missing the series, as much as they miss that era. And just let's hang out with these people that we've spent so much time with and we've invested a lot in, and let's have an adventure"

CBSnews Friday, September 20, 2019 8:32:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern said : "I think that things are moving so fast at the moment that psychologically we cannot actually keep up with it," "We cannot actually deal with the enormous amount of choice we have, our enormous ability to talk to everyone at any time of the day, the kind of stimulation that is constantly being fed into our brains. And to go back to a place in time where there was no choice. People had a job, they accepted the job for life. People had a role, they were told, and they knew how to behave. If they didn't know, Carson would tell them"

CBSnews Friday, September 20, 2019 8:32:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern said : "I think that's something that this show has reminded people," "To treat each other with respect no matter what our walk of life. The downstairs people are just as interesting to us, to the camera, as the upstairs people. It isn't everything to be the rich guy. And people disagree, but they respect each other as people"

CBSnews Friday, September 20, 2019 8:32:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern told : "It was strangely and almost scarily as though we'd never stopped,"

CBSnews Wednesday, September 18, 2019 6:33:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern said : "I was really relieved that I wasn't the one who had to write it," "Because I did feel a lot of pressure. I mean, I was actually thinking, is this such a good idea? Because people have so much affection for those characters and for that series. And it's a risk"

CBSnews Wednesday, September 18, 2019 6:33:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern said : "They experimented with different tacks and finally decided, no, we want to give the fans what they want," "We want to go back in time. Indulge in the nostalgia of people missing the series, as much as they miss that era. And just let's hang out with these people that we've spent so much time with and we've invested a lot in, and let's have an adventure"

CBSnews Wednesday, September 18, 2019 6:33:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern said : "I think that things are moving so fast at the moment that psychologically we cannot actually keep up with it," "We cannot actually deal with the enormous amount of choice we have, our enormous ability to talk to everyone at any time of the day, the kind of stimulation that is constantly being fed into our brains. And to go back to a place in time where there was no choice. People had a job, they accepted the job for life. People had a role, they were told, and they knew how to behave. If they didn't know, Carson would tell them"

CBSnews Wednesday, September 18, 2019 6:33:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern said : "I think that's something that this show has reminded people," "To treat each other with respect no matter what our walk of life. The downstairs people are just as interesting to us, to the camera, as the upstairs people. It isn't everything to be the rich guy. And people disagree, but they respect each other as people"

CBSnews Wednesday, September 18, 2019 6:33:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern adds : "Women of my generation, we're amazed by the realisation of what we were expected to accept in the workplace"

bbc Friday, September 13, 2019 11:05:00 AM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern adds : "Women of my generation, we're amazed by the realisation of what we were expected to accept in the workplace"

bbc Friday, September 13, 2019 3:29:00 AM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern agreed : "I think we all are very aware of the fact that we're painting an idealised picture of that time," "I always like to emphasise that because it's not a documentary, I mean life for the servants in that era was very, very difficult, and for a woman too - like the character I play - she literally had no say over her own destiny whatsoever"

heart Tuesday, September 10, 2019 10:39:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern added : "The film is for them, I mean that was the idea, let's do it for these people who have become attached to these characters and let's shoot them in a very loving way, because we have this history together. "

itv Monday, September 9, 2019 8:45:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern said : "People do engage with older women characters, almost as much as they do the younger ones,"

itv Monday, September 9, 2019 8:45:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern said : “She was a woman in her middle age who had an awakening,” “It’s a very interesting thing that can happen to someone at any time in a very unexpected time”

forbes Friday, April 19, 2019 10:11:00 AM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern said : “She felt she had a right to sexual awakening that women didn’t feel they had a right to have,”

forbes Friday, April 19, 2019 10:11:00 AM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern says : "I thought it was very easy,"

theage Thursday, April 18, 2019 7:12:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern says : "I thought it was very easy,"

brisbanetimes Thursday, April 18, 2019 7:06:00 PM EAT

Elizabeth McGovern says : "I thought it was very easy,"

smh Thursday, April 18, 2019 6:34:00 PM EAT