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
character judging stories
Just because I'm telling a story about a woman losing faith is not my rebellion against what I grew up in. If anything, it really affected the way I approached the story, and in fact, approach everything. I don't judge my characters.
character victory watches
I've done TV, but never where you're given this much time to live with a character, to study the tone and hone it and repair stuff, to go back and watch old episodes and go, "Oh no, that's a misstep. That's a victory. I should do more of that, less of that."
character want despise
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.
jobs character independent
I feel my fuller-bodied characters are all in the independent films I do, and in the studio productions, I have to work harder to dimensionalize the characters. And that's certainly part of the job description of an actor - that's what you're supposed to do - but you have to work harder at it in the characters that I've encountered in studio films.
character actors lawyer
As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character.
character writing levels
There's just a deeper level of sophistication in the writing of female characters on TV.
mother daughter character
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.
character self research
The biggest research of all when I do a character is self-examination. You look at yourself and you ask, 'How am I similar to this person and how am I different?'
jobs character media
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.
character encounters female
When you encounter sophistication in the creation of a female character, you thank the writers and you claim it.
million money time whether
Whether you're making a million dollar film or a $100 million film there is never enough money, there's never enough time.
best blow frank oscar seen smoke truth
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.'