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

Frances McDormand

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

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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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