Vera Farmiga Quotes

There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make things happen, who make a difference. I want to be one of those women.

Music is what our feelings sound like.

In the quiet moments, the discoveries are made.

Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.

No role is more challenging, rewarding and inspiring than my real-life role as a mom and a wife.

Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing.

Your soul either feels lifted by something that you read, or it feels squashed by it.

In these times, in this harsh, rude, warring world that we live in, where most of the bloodshed is 'My god is greater than your god,' and we're fighting in the name of our god, we have to find a way to peaceably coexist, spiritually.

Editing yourself is like an irksome coin toss. You've got to strip yourself of super ego and operate from the id. Maybe I've got my Freud mixed up. It's just hard to trade a beauty shot for the performance with truth and a brightly lit zit.

You dont necessarily have to be religious to pray.

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?'

I just wanted to make sure that yes, that those horror - they worked as a genre. To me, I just wanted to be touched by the film in the way that I saw plausible. Which is the story about compassion - giving and receiving it in those desperate times of need.

The fears and anxieties and obsessions wrapped up in being a parent.

There's no wrong way to experience a film.

I think I always try to be accommodating and open and available and proving for my director. I love to give as many takes as they want. I love to give them as many choices as they want.

I can't do Los Angeles. I've always been the anti-Barbie. I don't want to be in a place where almost every woman walks around with puffy lips, little noses and breasts large enough to nourish a small country.

You dont have to be gay to be attracted to your friend.

I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.

The nature of evil, the nature of it, it exists. It exists and I think within us we have the tools. If we have the will, we can combat it. I think the power is within us and it lies in our own conceptualization of God and positivity and compassion and love.

I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.

I think the worst thing that can happen to a good actor is fame.

Yeah, I think it's like any God-given gift. You writers have the gift of perception. If you don't use it, you're going to lose it. And it's the same thing with you [Lorraine], it's God-given.

When you encounter sophistication in the creation of a female character, you thank the writers and you claim it.

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.

Do I pray? Yes. Prayer is very important to me.