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The writers could always do an about-face and change everything

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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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I'm incredibly spiritual. There are like tens of thousands of denominations I don't fit in any one of those denominations comfortably. But I have a very personal relationship with God.
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Whether youre making a million dollar film or a $100 million film there is never enough money, theres never enough time.
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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.
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Chekhov, when it's done well and you're ready for it, can actually be quite funny.
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Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.
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I was very studious and square in college.
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Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing.
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I feel my fuller-bodied characters are all in the independent films I do, and in the studio productions, I have to work harder to dimensionalize the characters. And that's certainly part of the job description of an actor - that's what you're supposed to do - but you have to work harder at it in the characters that I've encountered in studio films.
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Your soul either feels lifted by something that you read, or it feels squashed by it.
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I was a Ukrainian folk dancer in my teens, and I toured the country in 1991, shortly before the break-up of the Soviet Union.
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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.
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I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.
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I do love directing. I'm only comfortable working in the independent film arena for a very small budget where I have creative control and I can put my stamp on it.
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I come from a massive family, and the youngest is twentysomething years younger than I am, so I grew up with children.
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Editing is not a part of the filmmaking process I've ever been privy to as an actress.
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I cannot even imagine college. I'm white-knuckling it just letting my son go to kindergarten for eight hours a day.
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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've done TV, but never where you're given this much time to live with a character, to study the tone and hone it and repair stuff, to go back and watch old episodes and go, Oh no, that's a misstep. That's a victory. I should do more of that, less of that.
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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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