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
Movie stars have careers – actors work, and then they don’t work, and then they work again. – Frances McDormand
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
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
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
It’s much easier to play supporting roles because that’s what I do in my life: I support my son. – Frances McDormand
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
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
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