142 Quotes by 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

It's much easier to play supporting roles because that's what I do in my life: I support my son.

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

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.

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

Here was a way to actually do it with other people, instead all by yourself with a book, ... Here you can get together, read a play, memorize it and put it on stage.

It was an excellent job, ... I like the idea of playing a 42-year-old woman -- actually, 41, I was 41 last year -- who was pregnant and has to face it.

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.

I played his mother, so that was kind of fascinating, ... I met her, she had a small part in the movie, and he adores her, so I was really lucky.