Frances McDormand : (5)

" We wrote ‘Olive Kitteridge’ as six hours, and they asked us to make it in four. " - Frances McDormand

" My name is Frances Louise McDormand, formerly known as Cynthia Ann Smith. I was born in Gibson City, Ill., in 1957. I identify as gender-normative, heterosexual, and white-trash American. My parents were not white trash. My birth mother was white trash. " - Frances McDormand

" 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. " - Frances McDormand

" I have friends who are movie stars, and I think it’s just as hard a job as being a working actor. But it’s a different job, and it’s not the one I want. " - Frances McDormand

" I don’t think of myself as a movie star and I can pretty easily convince other people that I’m not a movie star. " - Frances McDormand