Frances McDormand Quotes
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I love flying by the seat of my pants, going at something instinctually.
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I went to my school careers counselors and said I wanted to be an actor, and they didn't know what to do. They showed me catalogues with pretty campuses and said, 'Oh, look, there's a theater building. Why don't you go there?'
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We don't need a lot of initiatives for women in film; what we need is money.
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I want to be revered. I want to be an elder; I want to be an elderess.
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I think that cosmetic enhancements in my profession are just an occupational hazard. But I think, more culturally, I'm interested in starting the conversation about aging gracefully and how, instead of making it a cultural problem, we make it individuals' problems.
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When you lose a spouse, you're a widow or widower; when you lose your parents, you're an orphan. When you lose a child, there's no word in the English language for that position, that place that you're left.
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It's much easier to play supporting roles because that's what I do in my life: I support my son.
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I would disagree that America is any more racist or ridiculous than anywhere else.
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I haven't wanted to play a mother for a long time because I am one.
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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.
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Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again.
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If, when I leave this earth, I'm remembered for 'Fargo,' so be it. But I think old Marge Gunderson is gonna get a run for her money with Olive Kittredge.
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I tried taking a year off when Pedro was a toddler because I really wanted to be around, but it wasn't good for any of us.
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At least three times a week, I'm approached by someone who says something about 'Fargo.'
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Something happened culturally: No one is supposed to age past 45 - sartorially, cosmetically, attitudinally.
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If you take it as a compliment that you don't look your age, then you're really shooting yourself in the foot.
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You just have to play the character.
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Long-format television is a better way to tell a female story.
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We’re avant-garde. It doesn’t mean we have to be unhygienic.