American - Actress | June 23, 1957 -
We don't need a lot of initiatives for women in film; what we need is money.
Frances McDormand
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All the skills of housewifery are the ones I'm using as a producer.
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Unfortunately, any girl - unless you're playing the action hero - is going to end up at some point handcuffed, gagged, and waiting for the hero to save her.
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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 portray female characters, so I have the opportunity to change the way people look at them. Even if I wasn't consciously doing that, it would happen anyway just because of how I present as a woman, or as a person. I present in a way that's not stereotypical, even if I'm playing a stereotypical role.
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I know I'm profane. And outspoken.
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I went to high school in a steel town in Pennsylvania.
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It's like some weird excuse for high school kids to vomit. It's not good. It's stupid. I'm sure that's not what St. Patrick's Day is supposed to be about, but who knows.
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Even though I'm an actor, I've gone to productions where there has been someone whose work is known in film, and you can't take your eyes off them. It unbalances the production. Whether they're good or not, it doesn't matter.
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I think awards are good for the movie. They can bring a new audience to the movie. I've always claimed that things like that don't get you work. Work gets you work. That's my blue-collar, protestant work ethic.
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Yale? I was at Yale on a scholarship.
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Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.
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