I was completely naive about the business of being an actor. My family didn't go to the theater or to the movies.… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
I'm trained in the theater, and acting, for me, is about the imaginative life I create for myself, not about basing it… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
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… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again. — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
Unless I'm on a stage, I don't want to be the event in someone's day. — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
I don't need a director who's 'good with actors.'...A master manipulator is heaven. — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
I went to my school careers counselors and said I wanted to be an actor, and they didn't know what to do.… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
Even though I'm an actor, I've gone to productions where there has been someone whose work is known in film, and you… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
I'm not an actor because I want my picture taken. I'm an actor because I want to be part of the human… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
Unless it's a flat-out farce, an actor can't play comedy on film. — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor. — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
I have friends who are movie stars, and I think it's just as hard a job as being a working actor. But… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
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… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There is simply too much of my life that is involved in my work that I couldn't replicate in any other way. — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
I think that cosmetic enhancements in my profession are just an occupational hazard. But I think, more culturally, I'm interested in starting the conversation… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
I was completely naive about the business of being an actor. My family didn't go to the theater or to the movies. We watched… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
If, when I leave this earth, I'm remembered for 'Fargo,' so be it. But I think old Marge Gunderson is gonna get a run… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
I never read books - and still don't read books - to develop them. — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
I'm not really that interested in going back to playing small supporting roles. — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
I'm trained in the theater, and acting, for me, is about the imaginative life I create for myself, not about basing it on something… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image