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" 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. "
Frances McDormand
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Woman
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" I think that there's a clinical mental illness called depression, but I believe that post-industrial America has been narcotized by progress. There's a cultural malaise - mental illness or no - that everybody suffers from at some point in their life. "
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" My name is Frances Louise McDormand, formerly known as Cynthia Ann Smith. I was born in Gibson City, Ill., in 1957. I identify as gender-normative, heterosexual, and white-trash American. My parents were not white trash. My birth mother was white trash. "
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" All the skills of housewifery are the ones I'm using as a producer. "
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" The crew on 'Three Bilboards,' by the way, is one of the best I've ever worked with. And that's not hyperbole. "
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" The last scene in 'Moonlight,' that's one of the most extraordinary things I've ever seen on film in my lifetime. You see two men showing such tenderness towards each other. And it's bold; it's deep. It's complex. It's profound. "
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" I never trusted good-looking boys. "
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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. "
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" I never read books - and still don't read books - to develop them. "
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" Unless it's a flat-out farce, an actor can't play comedy on film. "
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" At least three times a week, I'm approached by someone who says something about 'Fargo.' "
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Who
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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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" With aging, you earn the right to be loyal to yourself. "
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" Unless I'm on a stage, I don't want to be the event in someone's day. "
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" I'm attracted to male gestures and sexuality. "
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" 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. "
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" It could be partly my taste. It's just my belief that there are female characters that will benefit from not being vulnerable. "
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" My father was a minister, and it was more my mother that had the responsibility of making sure the family put out an outward of appearance of living what he was preaching. She was the PR. "
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Responsibility
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" 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. "
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Ridiculous
Interesting
Done
" Growing up a preacher's kid wasn't the easiest thing. Everybody's always watching you to see how you'll behave - or misbehave. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I haven't wanted to play a mother for a long time because I am one. "
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" I swear a lot; I always have. So does my husband. Our son, surprisingly, does not swear much at all. "
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" It's much easier to play supporting roles because that's what I do in my life: I support my son. "
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" Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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