There's only two givens with choosing acting as a profession: one is you will always be unemployed, always, and it doesn't matter how much money you make, you're still always going to be unemployed; and that you have no power.

Quote by Frances McDormand

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I'm a character actress, plain and simple... Who can worry about a career? Have a...

I'm a character actress, plain and simple... Who can worry about a career? Have a...

Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they...

Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they...

I don't think of myself as a movie star and I can pretty easily convince...

I don't think of myself as a movie star and I can pretty easily convince...

I never trusted good-looking boys.

I never trusted good-looking boys.

Certainly, a lot of the films I've worked on have ended up good movies, but...

Certainly, a lot of the films I've worked on have ended up good movies, but...

Who can worry about a career? Have a life.

Who can worry about a career? Have a life.

It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been...

It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been...

I don't think you can ever completely transform yourself on film, but if you do...

I don't think you can ever completely transform yourself on film, but if you do...

I haven't wanted to play a mother for a long time because I am one.

I haven't wanted to play a mother for a long time because I am one.

The fact that I'm sleeping with the director may have something to do with it.

The fact that I'm sleeping with the director may have something to do with it.

Most women's pictures are as boring and as formulaic as men's pictures. In place of...

Most women's pictures are as boring and as formulaic as men's pictures. In place of...

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

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

I am an ordinary person.

I am an ordinary person.

I like hard rock, and classic rock, and even metal.

I like hard rock, and classic rock, and even metal.

The only power you have is the word no.

The only power you have is the word no.