Vera Farmiga Quotes
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I was a Ukrainian folk dancer in my teens, and I toured the country in 1991, shortly before the break-up of the Soviet Union.
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I've played a lot of mothers in my movies.
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In these times, in this harsh, rude, warring world that we live in, where most of the bloodshed is 'My god is greater than your god,' and we're fighting in the name of our god, we have to find a way to peaceably coexist, spiritually.
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I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'
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I am drawn to intimate, often uncomfortable portraits of a woman persevering and awakening.
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Normally, I rely heavily on my director to massage me out of my actor comfort zones.
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You don't have to be gay to be attracted to your friend.
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There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make things happen, who make a difference. I want to be one of those women.
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I, for one, am tired of seeing movies about men damaging each other.
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I'm saying that the depth of exploration of the male psyche and the female psyche is uneven. I see further, deeper renderings of what it means to be a man.
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Editing yourself is like an irksome coin toss. You've got to strip yourself of super ego and operate from the id. Maybe I've got my Freud mixed up. It's just hard to trade a beauty shot for the performance with truth and a brightly lit zit.
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I just can't feel lukewarm about a character. I either despise her, admire her, or don't understand her and want to understand her.
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No! The other thing, that God brought us together for a reason.
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I come from a massive family, and the youngest is twentysomething years younger than I am, so I grew up with children.
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I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.
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My father instilled in me - of utmost importance and innate in me is the yearning to determine for myself - to define God, to define holiness for myself.
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I have tender, romantic associations with upstate New York.
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In the quiet moments, the discoveries are made.
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Faith is important to me.
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As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character.
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I'm part wood nymph. I require mountains and warm, dense patches of moss to thrive.
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I didn't grow up watching film but as a Ukrainian-American, music and stories and dance are crucial.
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You earn very little money on independent films and I'm the provider for my home, so I do have to think of taking one for the accountant time and again and that means studio pictures.
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Sometimes I attract roles that are necessary either for personal growth or enlightenment.