I like hard rock, and classic rock, and even metal. Frances McDormand More Quotes by Frances McDormand More Quotes From Frances McDormand 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. Frances McDormand choices decision missing 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 jobs character believe Who can worry about a career? Have a life. Frances McDormand careers worry 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 stars people thinking 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 car silence men After Blood Simple, everybody thought I was from Texas. After Mississippi Burning, everybody thought I was from Mississippi and uneducated. After Fargo, everybody's going to think I'm from Minnesota, pregnant, and have blonde hair. 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 jobs character believe 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. Frances McDormand teenager hair past 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 stars simple character 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. Frances McDormand marijuana issues rights I don't need a director who's 'good with actors.'...A master manipulator is heaven. Frances McDormand heaven directors needs 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. Frances McDormand acting matter two I am an ordinary person. Frances McDormand ordinary-person persons ordinary I never trusted good-looking boys. Frances McDormand trust looking-for-love boys 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. Frances McDormand adults goal desire It's much easier to play supporting roles because that's what I do in my life: I support my son. Frances McDormand support play son The only power you have is the word no. Frances McDormand power I haven't wanted to play a mother for a long time because I am one Frances McDormand mother play long 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 best-experiences good-movie film 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 theatre actors scary We all have stories to tell and projects we need financed. Don't talk to us about it at the parties tonight. Invite us into your office in a couple days or you can come to ours, whichever suits you best, and we can tell you all about them. Frances McDormand entertainment
