Vera Farmiga quotes

Vera Farmiga is an American actress and director known for her diverse roles in film and television. Acclaimed for performances in works such as "Up in the Air" and "The Conjuring" series, she has received critical praise and several award nominations. She continues to impress audiences with her talent and versatility. Here are 72 of her quotes:

I've always believed that if you are precise in your thoughts, it's not the lines you say that are important - it's what exists between the lines. What I'm compelled by most is that transparency of thought, what is left unspoken.

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Ruminants are a perfectly normal thing to possess when you live in upstate New York. It's just moving scenery. It's kind of like the equivalent of Great Danes. It's the way you keep your grass mowed. It's the way you keep your weed-whacking to a minimum.

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In the quiet moments, the discoveries are made.

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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.

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It's just an incredible gift, giving birth. I never felt so empowered, so powerful, so womanly as I did after I gave birth. I felt more feminine than I ever had in my life.

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I just wanted to study how to portray clairvoyance, and I finally took an ocular approach. She has these beautiful blue eyes and her gaze is gently penetrating. All the obvious stuff about her you can find online but I wanted more of the nitty-gritty, like how did it affect her sex life? If you're domestic ballbuster by day and a ghostbuster by night, how does that affect your home life? I opted not to go down to their museum of the occult that they maintain in the basement, Patrick and I both. We stayed upstairs.

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As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character. And that's what used to draw me to scripts – something in a woman that I wanted to defend, something that I recognized or wanted to understand, something that turned my head.

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I'm part wood nymph. I require mountains and warm, dense patches of moss to thrive.

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No! The other thing, that God brought us together for a reason.

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My husband watched it live online and I was awakened with coffee and the good news. He's my biggest fan and he was really rooting for this to happen.

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There are some times when I think acting can be a noble profession.

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I found I was really comfortable taking on a different personality. It saved me from myself, in a way.

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Faith is important to me. I wanted to make sure the tone was reverent. I'm just someone who marvels at God. I grew up Catholic, but I'm very comfortable in all religions.

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I've gravitated towards independent cinema because you have to work harder in studio scripts to flesh out characters, particularly female ones. They are not as sharply edged, they tend to be quite watery. They are not renderings of women as I know them.

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I chase after inspiring stories.

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I think that films about faith made for faith-based communities have a certain tactic.

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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.

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The limelight is a tricky place, because you can't believe what's going on around you. You stop observing. You stop perceiving. You stop extending yourself, and you become isolated.

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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.

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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?'

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I love to be surprised.

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We take a lot for granted as second wave feminists, what our mothers and aunts did for us.

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