Vera Farmiga Quotes
I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.
Quotes to Explore
-
In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
-
Mundra Port remains committed towards setting up of world-class port infrastructure and facilities in India.
-
I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, it's hard to get noticed by traditional publishers, but there's a great deal of opportunity out there if you've got the right story.
-
One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism.
-
Whatever they did for democracy, the U.S. interventions in the Middle East and the vaunted Arab Spring have proved to be pure hell for Arab Christians.
-
You don't have to do everything by the time you're 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It's what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear.
-
I dug up some old John Buscema 'Conan' comics. Man, when Alfredo Alcala was inking, that was some of the most beautiful black and white comic art ever published. The stories are good, too, though early '70s comics based on Conan is a festival of sexist, racist stereotypes.
-
I would love to explore film seeing as I have prominently been on television. It would be nice to change it up and focus on film a little bit.
-
The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists.
-
When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder.
-
I get mad when people call me an action movie star. Indiana Jones is an adventure film, a comic book, a fantasy.
-
I got my feet wet in a couple of shows. I did a cameo on my favorite show, 'The Vampire Diaries.' And I guest starred on a show called 'Kickin' It' on Disney.
-
By the time I left school, I had a lot of tenacity.
-
I like to have something to base a role on.
-
I think you're attracted to things that are different from yourself in a character because it's more interesting, and you get to play out a fantasy version of yourself.
-
I believe that misconceptions about oneself that one does not correct where possible act as a bad magic.
-
I think television scripts have become really intriguing and well-done. And writers have stopped drawing any actual line between film and television they used to never cross.
-
I firmly believe that if your environment works for you and your family, it translates into a better life.
-
There is no question that Iraq is one of the main problems. You'd have to be blind not to see what a magnet and generating force it's become for terrorist groups.
-
Sometimes when you really try to be earnest, everything disappears. If you really try to make a romantic movie, the first thing that goes out the window is the romance or real passion. It suddenly becomes cute-ville or cozy-ville. It's another world other than life.
-
Sammy Davis, I backed him up. I used to study him every night. I saw how great performers worked and was able to incorporate a little bit from the best.
-
The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge.
-
What most readers do not realize is that it takes a particular genius to write funny, to satirize.
-
I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.
