Frances McDormand Quotes

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Frances McDormand

Profession : Actress

Birth : June 23, 1957

I never read books - and still don't read books - to develop them.

Frances McDormand

I've given just as much of my life to that, and I practiced it with the same zeal, as I have acting. And I think that many of my skill sets from being a housewife I used for producing. Because you don't stop until it's done.

Frances McDormand

I've got a rubber face. It has always served me very well and really helps, especially as I get older, because I still have all my road map intact, and I can use it at will.

Frances McDormand

If you take it as a compliment that you don't look your age, then you're really shooting yourself in the foot.

Frances McDormand

There is simply too much of my life that is involved in my work that I couldn't replicate in any other way.

Frances McDormand

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.

Frances McDormand

My feminist training was that this was your goal, to be a self-sufficient woman, but that is a miscalculation. It's just not the way we work. We work in dialogue with the community.

Frances McDormand

I'm attracted to male gestures and sexuality.

Frances McDormand

I've never been someone who needs a lot of takes or enjoys a lot of takes. I like the fast thing of it.

Frances McDormand

I love flying by the seat of my pants, going at something instinctually.

Frances McDormand

You can't make a rule about it. The minute you make a rule, it's like putting your wedding pictures in 'In Style' magazine - you're divorced.

Frances McDormand

I have friends who are movie stars, and I think it's just as hard a job as being a working actor. But it's a different job, and it's not the one I want.

Frances McDormand

At least three times a week, I'm approached by someone who says something about 'Fargo.'

Frances McDormand

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.

Frances McDormand

People love to drop in 'you betcha' as often as they can.

Frances McDormand

KWMR is my radio station, and I intend to have a job there as I get older. That's what I'm lobbying for. They don't need me. They've got plenty of people. But let's see if I can make myself indispensable.

Frances McDormand

I haven't done much press for many reasons, but mostly because it's not an interesting dialogue about work that's been done. It's turned into something else. It's become this ridiculous other thing.

Frances McDormand

My position has always been that the way people age and the signs that we show of aging is nature's way of tattooing. It's natural scarification, and the life you lead gives you the symbols and the emblems of your life, the road map you followed.

Frances McDormand

I wasn't into sports, but I was really into Shakespeare.

Frances McDormand

We appreciate quiet living. It's not exactly a Hollywood way of life - I couldn't stand living out in Hollywood because you can never escape from the business. All people ever do is talk about movies. At least in New York you can have some other life.

Frances McDormand