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" We don't need a lot of initiatives for women in film; what we need is money. "

Frances McDormand

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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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" Everybody dresses like a teenager. Everybody dyes their hair. Everybody is concerned about a smooth face. "

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

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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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" My son smelled like a cinnamon bun, and that smell entered into my biological being, and it became an imperative that I keep him alive at all costs, so then there's this monster - this tiger or lion - that comes forward in you to protect them. And it doesn't stop. It doesn't matter if they become men or women. "

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" 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. "

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" My feminist training was that this was your goal, to be a self-sufficient woman, but that is a miscalculation. It's just not the way we work. We work in dialogue with the community. "

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" I never read books - and still don't read books - to develop them. "

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" I'm a character actress, plain and simple... Who can worry about a career? Have a life. Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again. "

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

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

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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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" People love to drop in 'you betcha' as often as they can. "

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" I was too old, too young, too fat, too thin, too tall, too short, too blond, too dark - but at some point, they're going to need the other. So I'd get really good at being the other. "

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" I'm attracted to male gestures and sexuality. "

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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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" When you lose a spouse, you're a widow or widower; when you lose your parents, you're an orphan. When you lose a child, there's no word in the English language for that position, that place that you're left. "

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

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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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" 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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" I love flying by the seat of my pants, going at something instinctually. "

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" I would disagree that America is any more racist or ridiculous than anywhere else. "

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" 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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