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" No actor has complete freedom. "

Frances McDormand

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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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" 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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" That's another great thing about getting older. Your life is written on your face. "

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" I want to be revered. I want to be an elder; I want to be an elderess. "

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" I have a very short attention span. "

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" I think that ageism is a cultural illness; it's not a personal illness. "

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

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

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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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" 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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" At least three times a week, I'm approached by someone who says something about 'Fargo.' "

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" I've made a professional reputation playing working-class, middle-class, American women. There's a real sense of stoicism and pragmatism and strength and lyricism of a woman like that. "

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" Female characters in literature are full. They're messy: they've got runny noses and burp and belch. Unfortunately, in film, female characters don't often have that kind of richness. "

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" I became interested in educating people in the variety of ways in which women can express their emotion. Which is much easier to do in a large role than in a supporting role to a male protagonist. In general, the women in a supporting role to a male protagonist - cry a lot. "

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" I've always known that I'll have a career for the rest of my life because they'll always make movies about men, and men need women in their lives. But, when it comes to telling a woman's story, they're complex, circular, and not genre-driven. "

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" All the skills of housewifery are the ones I'm using as a producer. "

Frances McDormand

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

Frances McDormand

" I've given just as much of my life to that, and I practiced it with the same zeal, as I have acting. And I think that many of my skill sets from being a housewife I used for producing. Because you don't stop until it's done. "

Frances McDormand

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

Frances McDormand

" I think awards are good for the movie. They can bring a new audience to the movie. I've always claimed that things like that don't get you work. Work gets you work. That's my blue-collar, protestant work ethic. "

Frances McDormand

" 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. "

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" If, when I leave this earth, I'm remembered for 'Fargo,' so be it. But I think old Marge Gunderson is gonna get a run for her money with Olive Kittredge. "

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" KWMR is my radio station, and I intend to have a job there as I get older. That's what I'm lobbying for. They don't need me. They've got plenty of people. But let's see if I can make myself indispensable. "

Frances McDormand

" 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. "

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

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" Yale? I was at Yale on a scholarship. "

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" My politics are private, but many of my feminist politics cross over into my professional life. "

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" Who can worry about a career? Have a life. "

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