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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
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The fact that I'm sleeping with the director may have something to do with it.
Frances McDormand
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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
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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
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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
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It's much easier to play supporting roles because that's what I do in my life: I support my son.
Frances McDormand
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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
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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
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I haven't wanted to play a mother for a long time because I am one.
Frances McDormand
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Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again.
Frances McDormand
48% of people like this quote
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