Top 16 Quotes by Frances McDormand

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

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

The only power you have is the word no.

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

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.

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.

I am an ordinary person.

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

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.

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.