Frances McDormand Quotes

I look thuggish when I shave my head and wear big boots. I walk into a newsagent and people think I'm going to jump the counter.

I've known attractive airheads, and I've known ugly idiots.

Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets.

A lot of times you see really good-looking guys on TV and you sort of assume that maybe there's some sort of vacuity behind them.

It would be a mistake to think something is wonderful just because it looks great.

Things are not always as they seem.

I'm not exactly Don Draper when it comes to physical attractiveness.

There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.

In any case, if you ever leave me with a handsome man, do not tell me that you trust me because, let me warn you: that is not what will prevent me from deceiving you, if I want to. On the contrary.

There is no trusting appearances.

The state of things and the dispositions of men were then such, that a man could not well tell whom he might trust or whom he might fear.

Appearances do matter.

What loneliness is more lonely than mistrust.

I often tend to think that things are not what they seem.

I'm very much known as being the smiley girl, and unfortunately, lightness can be mistaken for stupidity or someone with no depth.

It's always nice when people discover I'm a normal person and not, because of my appearance, a half-crazed lunatic who may stab them with a Bic pen.

When I was younger, I was so damn pretty, I looked like a girl, so I understand why guys didn't like me.

Trust has always been a hard issue in my life, and when I was with the UFC, it was hard for me to trust people because it was like I was seeing lies, up to lies, up to lies.

I didn't grow up feeling very handsome.

Everything you see is not always real.

It is very difficult to trust anyone and I always find that hard in relationships.

The 'Raining Gold' video naturally took on one of the messages behind the song, which is you should never assume anything about someone or a situation just because it looks a certain way on the surface.

If you set the attractiveness bar really low, people have to compliment you on your looks when they meet you in person. I'm pretty much a genius. I'm actually applying to work at the Genius Bar based on this trick.

Everybody judges a book by its cover. I can look at 50 books and say every one of those books is bad. Then you read one, and you can say, 'This book is amazing.' That's the same with meeting people.

From my situation as an African American person in the U.S., people may look at me and think a certain thing without getting to know me. I'm of Nigerian and Caribbean heritage. I went to Yale. What you see is not what you think you're getting.