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

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

The only power you have is the word no.
Frances McDormand

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

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

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

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

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