142 Quotes by Frances McDormand

In comparison to other women in the world, perhaps I'm seen as smaller. But I've never had a problem thinking of myself as a large woman.

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 about aging gracefully and how, instead of making it a cultural problem, we make it individuals' problems.

I wasn't into sports, but I was really into Shakespeare.

There's something healing about tears.

Because of my own insecurities about the way I look, I do sometimes sabotage the looks of my characters by making them as homely as possible. I've never done a glamour part. I'd like to some day, though I don't know if I could pull it off.

I'm not really interested in promoting 'Olive' as a series about depression or mental illness.

If you want to talk about cultural appropriation, we have to go back to the Greeks.

In my theater work, I've had much more three-dimensional, broader-stroke characters.

One of the reasons I am successful as a producer is that I've been a very successful housewife.