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

Quote by Frances McDormand

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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 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 am an ordinary person.

I am an ordinary person.

I never trusted good-looking boys.

I never trusted good-looking boys.

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...

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...

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 only power you have is the word no.

The only power you have is the word no.

Who can worry about a career? Have a life.

Who can worry about a career? Have a life.

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...

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.

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...

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...