Frances McDormand Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Frances McDormand:

Certainly, a lot of the films I've worked on have ended up good movies, but they haven't always been the best experiences.
~Frances McDormand


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/frances-mcdormand-quotes/#6b4a66d0

I never trusted good-looking boys.
~Frances McDormand


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/frances-mcdormand-quotes/#cfd738d5

I don't think you can ever completely transform yourself on film, but if you do your job well, you can make people believe that you're the character you're trying to be.
~Frances McDormand


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/frances-mcdormand-quotes/#b89b1322

Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again.
~Frances McDormand


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/frances-mcdormand-quotes/#babd2847

I am an ordinary person.
~Frances McDormand


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/frances-mcdormand-quotes/#f08ae633

Most women's pictures are as boring and as formulaic as men's pictures. In place of a car chase or a battle scene, what you get is an extreme closeup of a woman breaking down.
~Frances McDormand


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/frances-mcdormand-quotes/#014ffd3e

It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been trained as a classical theatre actor. There's always a depression in the theatre.
~Frances McDormand


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/frances-mcdormand-quotes/#74867c95

There's only two givens with choosing acting as a profession: one is you will always be unemployed, always, and it doesn't matter how much money you make, you're still always going to be unemployed; and that you have no power.
~Frances McDormand


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/frances-mcdormand-quotes/#3581ad57

I like hard rock, and classic rock, and even metal.
~Frances McDormand


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/frances-mcdormand-quotes/#ad311449

I don't think of myself as a movie star and I can pretty easily convince other people that I'm not a movie star.
~Frances McDormand


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/frances-mcdormand-quotes/#549a0534

I'm a character actress, plain and simple... Who can worry about a career? Have a life. Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again.
~Frances McDormand


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/frances-mcdormand-quotes/#b4475d98

Who can worry about a career? Have a life.
~Frances McDormand


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/frances-mcdormand-quotes/#5023b8fa

I haven't wanted to play a mother for a long time because I am one.
~Frances McDormand


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/frances-mcdormand-quotes/#3e481a1c

The only power you have is the word no.
~Frances McDormand


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/frances-mcdormand-quotes/#3b61a7b9

The fact that I'm sleeping with the director may have something to do with it.
~Frances McDormand


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/frances-mcdormand-quotes/#8792ac7a

It's much easier to play supporting roles because that's what I do in my life: I support my son.
~Frances McDormand


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/frances-mcdormand-quotes/#074c8277

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