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" I was often told that I wasn't a thing. 'She's not pretty enough. She's not tall enough. She's not thin enough. She's not fat enough.' I thought, 'O.K., someday you're going to be looking for someone not, not, not, not, and there I'll be.' "

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" I'm not a depressive, but I certainly have mood swings. It's an occupational hazard, I would say, and I'm glad I'm in the occupation I'm in. "

Frances McDormand

Glad

Mood Swings

Swings

" It's kind of a subversive act to tell a story of a woman past a certain age, to develop a four-hour movie based on a marriage and a story of two people past middle age. "

" Most women's pictures are as boring and as formulaic as men's pictures. In place of a car chase or a battle scene, what you get is an extreme closeup of a woman breaking down. "

" It was really fascinating for everyone involved in 'Fargo' that Marge Gunderson became the iconic character she did. I think it was something about the cultural zeitgeist and what was happening with women in the workplace. "

" I know I'm profane. And outspoken. "

" With aging, you earn the right to be loyal to yourself. "

" I like being my age. I kind of have a political thing about it. "

" We appreciate quiet living. It's not exactly a Hollywood way of life - I couldn't stand living out in Hollywood because you can never escape from the business. All people ever do is talk about movies. At least in New York you can have some other life. "

" There is simply too much of my life that is involved in my work that I couldn't replicate in any other way. "

" 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 haven't done much press for many reasons, but mostly because it's not an interesting dialogue about work that's been done. It's turned into something else. It's become this ridiculous other thing. "

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

" I'm from working-class, blue-collar America, and I don't believe that people in that socioeconomic strata wait until they're 40 to have children. "

" We wrote 'Olive Kitteridge' as six hours, and they asked us to make it in four. "

" I want to separate my professional life from my personal life. I want to live a normal life and be a normal mother. "

" The only power you have is the word no. "

" 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 was very good until I left home to go to a little college in West Virginia, and then I started to break some rules. "

Frances McDormand

Started

Rules

" I don't think you can ever completely transform yourself on film, but if you do your job well, you can make people believe that you're the character you're trying to be. "

" You can't make a rule about it. The minute you make a rule, it's like putting your wedding pictures in 'In Style' magazine - you're divorced. "

Frances McDormand

Style

Pictures

" I can't do the frappuccino. It's too sweet. I need it straight. "

" You just have to play the character. "

" I can do a good John Wayne. "

" It could be partly my taste. It's just my belief that there are female characters that will benefit from not being vulnerable. "

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

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

" I swear a lot; I always have. So does my husband. Our son, surprisingly, does not swear much at all. "

" I've never been someone who needs a lot of takes or enjoys a lot of takes. I like the fast thing of it. "

Frances McDormand

Been

Fast

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

" Getting older and adjusting to all the things that biologically happen to you is not easy to do and is a constant struggle and adjustment. "