Frances McDormand Quotes

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.

We are on red alert when it comes to how we are perceiving ourselves as a species. There's no desire to be an adult. Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.

I never trusted good-looking boys.

I like hard rock, and classic rock, and even metal.

I don't need a director who's 'good with actors.'...A master manipulator is heaven.

I haven't wanted to play a mother for a long time because I am one

The only power you have is the word no.

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.

Not everything comes along just when you want it. There are times when choices just have to be made or you'll simply miss out.

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.

I'm a recreational pot-smoker. There has never been enough of a distinction between marijuana and other drugs. It's a human rights issue, a censorship issue, and a choice issue.

There’s no desire to be an adult. Adulthood is not a goal. It’s not seen as a gift. Something happened culturally: No one is supposed to age past 45 — sartorially, cosmetically, attitudinally. Everybody dresses like a teenager. Everybody dyes their hair. Everybody is concerned about a smooth face.

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

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.