Frances McDormand

It was really fascinating for everyone involved in 'Fargo' that Marge Gunderson became the iconic character she did. I think it was something about the cultural zeitgeist and what was happening with women in the workplace. ”

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

I'm really interested in playing my age. ”

I haven't wanted to play a mother for a long time because I am one. ”

I haven't done much press for many reasons, but mostly because it's not an interesting dialogue about work that's been done. It's turned into something else. It's become this ridiculous other thing. ”

In my theater work, I've had much more three-dimensional, broader-stroke characters. ”

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. ”

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. ”

My feminist training was that this was your goal, to be a self-sufficient woman, but that is a miscalculation. It's just not the way we work. We work in dialogue with the community. ”

A movie set actually can be a good place to have a family atmosphere. ”