142 Quotes by Frances McDormand

I don't need a director who's 'good with actors.'...A master manipulator is heaven.

The only power you have is the word no.

Not everything comes along just when you want it. There are times when choices just have to be made or you’ll simply miss out.

There’s no desire to be an adult. Adulthood is not a goal. It’s not seen as a gift. Something happened culturally: No one is supposed to age past 45 – sartorially, cosmetically, attitudinally. Everybody dresses like a teenager. Everybody dyes their hair. Everybody is concerned about a smooth face.

I’m a recreational pot-smoker. There has never been enough of a distinction between marijuana and other drugs. It’s a human rights issue, a censorship issue, and a choice issue.

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.

We are on red alert when it comes to how we are perceiving ourselves as a species. There’s no desire to be an adult. Adulthood is not a goal. It’s not seen as a gift.

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

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.