A. N. Wilson
A. N. Wilson

If only Queen Elizabeth II had the intellectual, political and linguistic skills of Queen Elizabeth I, many people would support giving her some of the powers of an elected president.

Evan Dando
Evan Dando

Since Elizabeth, I certainly live a healthier lifestyle.

Geoffrey Rush
Geoffrey Rush

There's four biggies. There was Elizabeth I, George III, Victoria, and the current queen, who really dominated four eras.

Jennifer Beals
Jennifer Beals

Certainly from the rehearsal process with Elizabeth I think it was very clear. Well let me start again. We were initially supposed to be more combative.

Karen Civil
Karen Civil

Growing up in America, even in the rougher parts of Elizabeth, I had two nice playgrounds to choose from as a child.

Kirsty Gallacher
Kirsty Gallacher

Elizabeth I was my favourite monarch though, what an inspiration, she did great things for women.

Mark Rylance
Mark Rylance

Burleigh, absolutely; and a lot about Elizabeth. I mean I found when I play Henry V a lot of connections with the hidden history of the connection between Francis Bacon and Elizabeth.

Michael Hirst
Michael Hirst

Of course I had written a film about Elizabeth I, and I loved the Tudor period, and I think at the time Working Title and I had debated on whether to do Elizabeth I or Henry VIII. I'd always wanted to do Henry VIII. Like Elizabeth, I'd had this feeling that it had never properly been addressed.

Nigel Hamilton
Nigel Hamilton

Regularly, customers asked for a book on Greenwich, and there was none. After all, Elizabeth I was born there. The Observatory is known all over the world; the Royal Naval College is there. So I decided to do it.

Robert Eggers
Robert Eggers

As a kid, picturing people who grew up in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I walking around in hose and latched shoes in the woods behind my house was an interesting atmospheric thing for me.