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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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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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...

I am an ordinary person.

I am an ordinary person.

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 never trusted good-looking boys.

I never trusted good-looking boys.

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...

The only power you have is the word no.

The only power you have is the word no.

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:...