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There's just a deeper level of sophistication in the writing of female characters on TV.

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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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.
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The experience of giving birth itself made me feel more womanly.
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My personality is just innately even-keeled. I'm not such a huge daredevil. Which is not to say I'm not a passionate woman. I don't know, maybe it's my physiological makeup, but I don't like the feeling of anything in my system, other than a glass of wine now and then.
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Honesty is not synonymous with truth.
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The fears and anxieties and obsessions wrapped up in being a parent.
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Sometimes music helps. If I feel that it's bogus, I'll literally just call myself out on camera and say that it's dishonest. You do whatever it takes.
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I think that films about faith made for faith-based communities have a certain tactic.
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I didn't grow up watching film but as a Ukrainian-American, music and stories and dance are crucial.
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I rely on my directors, a lot. I love being directed.
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