I don't think you can ever completely transform yourself on film, but if you do your job well, you can make people believe that you're the character you're trying to be.

Quote by Frances McDormand

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Who can worry about a career? Have a life.

Who can worry about a career? Have a life.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

I am an ordinary person.

I am an ordinary person.

There's only two givens with choosing acting as a profession: one is you will always...

There's only two givens with choosing acting as a profession: one is you will always...

I never trusted good-looking boys.

I never trusted good-looking boys.

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'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...

The only power you have is the word no.

The only power you have is the word no.

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...

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:...