Taissa Farmiga
Taissa Farmiga
Taissa Farmigais an American actress. She made her film debut in the drama Higher Ground, her television debut in the FX series American Horror Story: Murder House, and her stage debut in the play Buried Child. Farmiga has had leading roles in The Bling Ring, Mindscape, The Final Girls, 6 Years, and In a Valley of Violence...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth17 August 1994
CountryUnited States of America
work
It's a crazy world, stardom. I don't even think of myself as a star. I just like to go to work.
All my friends are like, 'Can you be on my side in the zombie apocalypse?' and I'm like, 'I got this.'
great
Admiration is great, but there is a line not to cross.
reading play sitting
I don't have much to compare it to because I really didn't know much about theater. After I signed on, I started reading a lot of Sam Shepard plays just to brush up on my history and do some research. What's great is that Sam's been here and he's been in rehearsals with us. Sometimes you don't even notice him come in; he's just sitting there in the theater seats watching you.
let-it-go rehearsal take-a-deep-breath
One of the hardest things I've had to learn is to let it go. At the end of the show or the end of the rehearsal day to just take a deep breath and say, "Alright, that was it. That was the day."
way growing perfectionist
I'm a perfectionist, so it's hard for me to just accept that that I can't keep working until it's perfected. But I'm learning, I'm growing as a human in that way.
character thinking missing
Sometimes I think too much, or sometimes I don't think enough as the character. Sometimes you just miss a moment, or sometimes you hear something that a character's saying that you haven't heard before and you react differently.
moments best-things i-can
Being in the moment is the best thing I can do.
reading play research
I really didn't know much about theater. After I signed on, I started reading a lot of Sam Shepard plays just to brush up on my history and do some research.
expectations next doe
To be honest, I didn't have any expectations. I really didn't know what to expect. What I was most nervous about was the repetition of doing it over and over and over again. Does that get stale? How do you keep it fresh? Then I realized it's always new because you get to keep playing the next moment.
psych two feelings
Theratre is not like like in film and TV, where you have to stop and go back and keep redoing the same three pages for two hours. You get to go through the whole 80 pages of the script, which is incredible. You get to keep acting on the feelings you had just moments before. You don't have to psych yourself up for the scene. You can just go off what you were already feeling.
actresses aspiration
When I was younger, I didn't have any aspirations to be an actress.
mean horror-stories one-day
I get scared easily, so I'm not one for just sitting down with a bowl of popcorn and watching horror stories. But, I mean, I'm learning more. Maybe one day I'd like to be able to watch them.
mom fun teenage
I have a rebellious teenage thing. If my mom says I can't do it, I'm gonna do it. But I'm pretty good. That's why it was fun to play Sam in The Bling Ring. I got to be someone crazy and wild to the extreme, then go home and relax and get rid of the burden.