Quote of the Day: McDormand on black and white

Frances McDormand, whose stars in the upcoming black-and-white film The Man Who Wasn’t There with Billy Bob Thornton and James Gandolfini, to the BBC on taking the black-and-white challenge:

“We were all black and white challenged. We all had these color charts, for the tonal quality of the film. They shot on color but transferred it to black and white.

“In 1940s film, actors wore green makeup because it gave it a tonal quality, so I often felt like I was in a kabuki play. I wasn’t wearing green, but it was much more [makeup] than I usually wear.

“I was separated from myself a lot more; more theatrically than I’d ever been before.”