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Female characters in literature are full. They're messy: they've got runny noses and burp and belch. Unfortunately, in film, female characters don't often have that kind of richness.

~Frances Mcdormand

Topics: Characters Female Female Characters Film Full Got Kind Literature Messy Noses Often Richness Unfortunately

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If you take it as a compliment that you don't look your age, then you're really shooting yourself in the foot.

~Frances Mcdormand

Topics: Age Compliment Foot Look Really Shooting Take Then You Your Yourself

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I love flying by the seat of my pants, going at something instinctually.

~Frances Mcdormand

Topics: Flying Going Love Pants Seat Something I Love

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We appreciate quiet living. It's not exactly a Hollywood way of life - I couldn't stand living out in Hollywood because you can never escape from the business. All people ever do is talk about movies. At least in New York you can have some other life.

~Frances Mcdormand

Topics: About All People Appreciate Because Business Escape Ever Exactly Hollywood Least Life Living Movies Never New New York Other Out People Quiet Some Stand Talk Way York You

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I will go to my grave being known as Marge Gunderson. It'll be on my gravestone if I have one. I don't mind that, because it was a great character.

~Frances Mcdormand

Topics: Because Being Character Go Grave Great Known Mind Will

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I want to separate my professional life from my personal life. I want to live a normal life and be a normal mother.

~Frances Mcdormand

Topics: Life Live Mother Normal Normal Life Personal Personal Life Professional Professional Life Separate Want

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

~Frances Mcdormand

Topics: Director Fact May Sleeping Something

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Most women's pictures are as boring and as formulaic as men's pictures. In place of a car chase or a battle scene, what you get is an extreme closeup of a woman breaking down.

~Frances Mcdormand

Topics: Battle Boring Breaking Car Chase Down Extreme Get Men Most Pictures Place Scene Woman Women You

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I'm a character actress, plain and simple... Who can worry about a career? Have a life. Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again.

~Frances Mcdormand

Topics: About Actor Actress Again Career Careers Character Character Actress Life Movie Movie Stars Plain Simple Stars Then Who Work Worry

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The only power you have is the word no.

~Frances Mcdormand

Topics: Only Power Word You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actress

Born: June 23rd, 1957

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