Vera Farmiga
Vera Farmiga
Vera Ann Farmigais an American actress, director and producer. She began her career on Broadway in the play Taking Sides. She made her television debut in the Fox fantasy series Roar, and her film debut in the drama-thriller Return to Paradise...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth6 August 1973
CityClifton, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
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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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My only real advice to Oscar nominees is, 'If you haven't actually seen a competitor's film, don't fib and say you have and blow smoke up their wahooziewhatsits.' Always best to be frank and tell them the truth.
life
I think maybe I was a shepherdess in a past life.
school
I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'
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We are all seekers in some way. There are those of us who think they have all the answers and there are those of us who may never get an answer.
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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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I'm part wood nymph. I require mountains and warm, dense patches of moss to thrive.
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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'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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Working with children is a whole other ball game. They're like little animals. You have to keep the camera turned on them all the time. Sometimes it takes a 41-minute take to get one sentence out in a believable way.
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There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
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I hate being manipulated by song. Don't tell me what I should be feeling. I don't want cellos or violins to be telling me that I should be bawling right now.
I've never graced the cover of a fashion magazine.
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My husband is my best friend; he knows my sensibilities.