Vera Farmiga Quotes
-
As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character.
-
I've never graced the cover of a fashion magazine.
-
The limelight is a tricky place, because you can't believe what's going on around you. You stop observing. You stop perceiving. You stop extending yourself, and you become isolated.
-
Faith is important to me.
-
Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Sometimes I attract roles that are necessary either for personal growth or enlightenment.
-
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.
-
There's no wrong way to experience a film.
-
I think that films about faith made for faith-based communities have a certain tactic.
-
Honestly, I think a good film is spiritual, regardless of whether its subject is faith.
-
Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.
-
Whether you're making a million dollar film or a $100 million film there is never enough money, there's never enough time.
-
I'm hooked on Polanski's films, his psychological thrillers. I love 'Rosemary's Baby,' I love 'Repulsion.'
-
You ought to have a perspective when you're making a film.
-
I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.
-
I think maybe I was a shepherdess in a past life.
-
The Ukrainian community is tight-knit by nature.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Do I pray? Yes. Prayer is very important to me.
-
I have the best husband a wife could possibly have. He's the best father my children could have.
-
Someone once told me that religion is like a knife: You can stab someone with it, or you can slice bread with it.