I never trusted good-looking boys.

- Frances Mcdormand

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 …

- Frances Mcdormand

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

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

- Frances Mcdormand

After Blood Simple, everybody thought I was from Texas. After Mississippi Burning, everybody thought I was from Mississippi and uneducated. After Far…

- Frances Mcdormand

I am an ordinary person.

- 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 w…

- Frances Mcdormand

Who can worry about a career? Have a life.

- Frances Mcdormand

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 …

- Frances Mcdormand