Vera Farmiga Quotes
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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've never graced the cover of a fashion magazine.
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As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character.
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Faith is important to me.
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There's no wrong way to experience a film.
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There are some times when I think acting can be a noble profession. And when those rare roles come along, like 'Down to the Bone,' you have the opportunity to be of service.
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Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing.
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I've never felt the breath of God – you can take that statement literally or metaphorically – more than when I was yearning for a personal, intimate connection to something bigger than me.
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Sometimes I attract roles that are necessary either for personal growth or enlightenment.
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The more people know about you, the more face-time you get in the media, the harder your job becomes to create a character in whom people suspend disbelief.
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Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.
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Honestly, I think a good film is spiritual, regardless of whether its subject is faith.
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I think that films about faith made for faith-based communities have a certain tactic.
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Whether you're making a million dollar film or a $100 million film there is never enough money, there's never enough time.
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I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.
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I'm hooked on Polanski's films, his psychological thrillers. I love 'Rosemary's Baby,' I love 'Repulsion.'
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I think maybe I was a shepherdess in a past life.
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You ought to have a perspective when you're making a film.
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The Ukrainian community is tight-knit by nature.
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We're all sick of holy wars and bloodshed because religion is supposed to give us life and a better life and is supposed to bring out our best self. When it results in mass destruction and hatred and anxiety, it's the antithesis I think of what religion was designed to do.
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Do I pray? Yes. Prayer is very important to me.
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When I look at female characters, I want to recognize myself in them: my trials, my tribulations as a mother, as a lover, as a daughter.
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Someone once told me that religion is like a knife: You can stab someone with it, or you can slice bread with it.
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I have the best husband a wife could possibly have. He's the best father my children could have.