Vera Farmiga Quotes
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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've played a lot of mothers in my movies.
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It's a very different thing, religion and faith. Religion is man-made, it's man-regulated. And faith, you can define God as you wish. But I think they're two different things.
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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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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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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 love to be surprised.
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I am drawn to intimate, often uncomfortable portraits of a woman persevering and awakening.
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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 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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Offers come all the time, but I'm pretty particular. I really have to be wowed by a character I encounter in a script, or a storyline. I really do need to feel inspiration, otherwise I'm just happy planting perennials and making goat cheese.
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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'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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I, for one, am tired of seeing movies about men damaging each other.
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In the quiet moments, the discoveries are made.
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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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I have tender, romantic associations with upstate New York.
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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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As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character.
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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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No! The other thing, that God brought us together for a reason.
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Faith is important to me.
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I've never graced the cover of a fashion magazine.