Frances McDormand Quotes

I never trusted good-looking boys.

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

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.

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

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.

The only power you have is the word no.

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

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.

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.

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

Who can worry about a career? Have a life.

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

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

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.

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.