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Sometimes I attract roles that are necessary either for personal growth or enlightenment.

Vera Farmiga

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Vera Farmiga
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 6
Actress
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Television Producer
Clifton
New Jersey
Vera Ann Farmiga
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Not just as an actress, but on a human-being level, I've experienced frustration on many different levels. [With my] career, it would be more the frustration of not always finding challenging material or inspiring material ... [Acting is] therapeutic for me. I'm pretty accommodating.
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The fears and anxieties and obsessions wrapped up in being a parent.
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Honestly, I think a good film is spiritual, regardless of whether its subject is faith.
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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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I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.
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Someone once told me that religion is like a knife: You can stab someone with it, or you can slice bread with it.
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No role is more challenging, rewarding and inspiring than my real-life role as a mom and a wife.
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