Battle Quote by 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…

— 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

Guess what? I am an ordinary person.

— Frances McDormand

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

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

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

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

I never read books - and still don't read books - to develop them.

— Frances McDormand

I'm not really that interested in going back to playing small supporting roles.

— Frances McDormand

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

No actor has complete freedom.

— Frances McDormand

Long-format television is a better way to tell a female story.

— Frances McDormand