Quotes from Frances McDormand

We wrote 'Olive Kitteridge' as six hours, and they asked us to make it in four.

Getting older and adjusting to all the things that biologically happen to you is not easy to do and is a constant struggle and adjustment.

Guess what? I am an ordinary person.

I am an ordinary person.

I became interested in educating people in the variety of ways in which women can express their emotion. Which is much easier to do in a large role than in a supporting role to a male protagonist. In general, the women in a supporting role to a male protagonist - cry a lot.

Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.

People love to drop in 'you betcha' as often as they can.

Unless I'm on a stage, I don't want to be the event in someone's day.

I'm not an actor because I want my picture taken. I'm an actor because I want to be part of the human exchange.