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
thinking want film
I just want to make sure that the thing that I see in it initially, that I think it can be, is not just going to be a horror film and reduced to a jump here and a scream there. But that you can take something away from it.
perspective film ought
You ought to have a perspective when you're making a film.
baby rosemary film
I'm hooked on Polanski's films, his psychological thrillers. I love 'Rosemary's Baby,' I love 'Repulsion.'
spiritual thinking film
Honestly, I think a good film is spiritual, regardless of whether its subject is faith.
dollars enough-time film
Whether youre making a million dollar film or a $100 million film there is never enough money, theres never enough time.
way film wrong-way
There's no wrong way to experience a film.
ball believable children sentence takes time turned
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.
literally movies preach types vilify
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.
telling violins
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.
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.'
answers seekers
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.