Quotes by Vera Farmiga

“Someone once told me that religion is like a knife: You can stab someone with it, or you can slice bread with it.”

“I've played a lot of mothers in my movies.”

“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 per...”

“I have tender, romantic associations with upstate New York.”

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

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

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

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

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

“I think the worst thing that can happen to a good actor is fame. The limelight is a tricky place, because you can't believe what's going on around you. You stop observing. You stop perceiving. You ...”

“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.”

“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 w...”

“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 ...”

“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.”

“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.”

“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 ...”

“I have a two-year-old who just turned three, and my four-year-old just turned five. I have the same irrational feelings taking them to pre-school. It's this charged combination of stress and joy an...”