Frances McDormand movie quotes

“Makenzie-My mom says that you’re homeless. Is that true?
Fern-No, I’m not homeless. I’m just houseless. Not the same thing, right?
Makenzie-No.
Fern-Don’t worry about me. I’m okay.”
Makenzie Etcheverry - Makenzie
Frances McDormand - Fern

“- Mildred Hayes: You could pull blood from every man and boy in this town over the age of 8.
- Willoughby: There's civil rights laws prevents that, Mrs. Hayes, and what if he was just passing through town?
- Mildred Hayes: Pull blood from every man in the country.
- Willoughby: And what if he was just passing through the country?
- Mildred...” (continue)(continue reading)
Frances McDormand - Mildred
Woody Harrelson - Willoughby

“The only power you have is the word no.”
Frances McDormand

“Have you any idea what it's like to live with all this? People look at us and only see bigots and racists. Hatred isn't something you're born with. It gets taught. At school, they said segregation what's said in the Bible... Genesis 9, Verse 27. At 7 years of age, you get told it enough times, you believe it. You believe the hatred. You live...” (continue)(continue reading)
Frances McDormand - Mrs. Pell

“As director of National Intelligence, I'm a really big fan of intelligent answers.”
Frances McDormand - Mearing

I've had moments myself where I say, "What am I doing here?" "Who made this decision?" "How could I allow myself to do something so stupid?" and "Why is it still happening?".
Frances McDormand - Mrs. Bishop

Laura Bishop-We women are more emotional...
Suzy-I hate you.
Laura Bishop-Don't say "hate".
Suzy-Why not? I mean it.
Laura Bishop-You think you mean it, in this moment. You're trying to hurt me.
Suzy-Exactly.
Frances McDormand - Laura Bishop
Kara Hayward - Suzy

“It's strange that you encourage people to invest their whole life savings, go into debt, just to buy a house they can't afford.”
Frances McDormand - Fern

“When you can't trust the lawyers and the advertising men, what the hell's America coming to, huh?”
Frances McDormand - Mildred

“- Mildred Hayes: What's the law on what ya can and can't say on a billboard? I assume it's ya can't say nothing defamatory, and ya can't say, 'Fuck' 'Piss' or 'Cunt'. That right?
- Red Welby: Or... Anus.
- Mildred Hayes: Well I think I'll be alright then.”
Frances McDormand - Mildred
Caleb Landry Jones - Red Welby

“- Robbie: You old cunt!
- Mildred Hayes: I'm not old, Robbie.”
Lucas Hedges - Robbie
Frances McDormand - Mildred

“- Mildred Hayes: So how's it all going in the nigger- torturing business, Dixon?
- Dixon: It's 'Persons of color'-torturing business, these days, if you want to know. And I didn't torture nobody.”
Frances McDormand - Mildred
Sam Rockwell - Dixon

“- Norm Gunderson: People don't much use the three-cent.
- Marge Gunderson: Of course they do. Whenever they raise the postage, people need the little stamps.”
John Carroll Lynch - Norm Gunderson
Frances McDormand - Marge Gunderson

“- Abby: He took me to a psychiatrist one time, to calm me down... the psychiatrist said I was the healthiest person he'd ever talked to, so Marty fired him.
- Ray: I don't think you can fire a psychiatrist.
- Abby: Well I never saw him again, I can tell you that.”
Frances McDormand - Abby
John Getz - Ray

“- Ray: Abby, I meant it, when I called.
- Abby: I love you too.
- Ray: You're scared.”
John Getz - Ray
Frances McDormand - Abby

“- Grace: Alex thinks I'm insane.
- Robyn Graves: It's his favorite diagnosis.”
Frances McDormand - Grace
Margaret Colin - Robyn Graves

- Abby: I said, "Marty, how come you're anal, and I gotta go to the psychiatrist?".
- Ray: What'd he say?
- Abby: Nothing.
Frances McDormand - Abby
John Getz - Ray

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

“I never trusted good-looking boys.”
Frances McDormand

“If you're ever in Des Moines, don't send me a postcard.”
Frances McDormand - Mrs. Pell

“- Julian Marty: Lover-boy ought to lock his door. I love you... that's a stupid thing to say, right?
- Abby: I... I love you too.
- Julian Marty: No. You're just saying that because you're scared. You left your weapon behind... he'll kill you too.”

Dan Hedaya - Julian Marty
Frances McDormand - Abby

“- Michelle: He's got to choose who he wants to be.
- Vincent LaMarca: Yeah, you think we got a choice? Nah, we just pretend that we got a choice.”
Frances McDormand - Michelle

“- Linda Litzke: I have very limited breasts, a ginormous ass, and I've got this gut that swings back and forth in front of me like a shopping cart with a bent wheel.
- Ted: You know, there a lot of guys out there who would like you just the way you are.
- Linda Litzke: Yeah, losers.”
Frances McDormand - Linda Litzke
Richard Jenkins - Ted

“The women become more and more productive and therefore, more and more interesting. Which, in turn, makes them even less desirable because men, especially older men, are threatened and afraid of productive, interesting women.”
Frances McDormand - Zoe

“- Ted: Linda, what do you really know about this guy?
- Linda Litzke: I told you, he's in the Treasury Department.
- Ted: But eh, no, I mean, you know... he could be one of these guys that cruises the Internet.
- Linda Litzke: Yeah, so am I...”
Richard Jenkins - Ted
Frances McDormand - Linda Litzke