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I, for one, am tired of seeing movies about men damaging each other.
Vera Farmiga
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Vera Farmiga
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 6
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Partying has never been my thing. I've been around some wild people. I've been in the same room and watched them experiment, and that's been entertaining.
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The depth of exploration of the male psyche and the female psyche is uneven. I see further, deeper renderings of what it means to be a man.
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Yeah, I think it's like any God-given gift. You writers have the gift of perception. If you don't use it, you're going to lose it. And it's the same thing with you [Lorraine], it's God-given.
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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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I don't necessarily need Hollywood.
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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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It's true: I don't remember what life was like before parenthood.
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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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It's such a measure of your solidarity with Ed, that when you would give lectures, he would be wearing a tartan tie that matched. And I demanded that outfit, I thought it was so punk - her long skirt, she looked like a Scottish queen, so regal.
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You ought to have a perspective when you're making a film.
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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 wife, as a lover, as a daughter.
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You earn very little money on independent films and I'm the provider for my home, so I do have to think of taking one for the accountant time and again and that means studio pictures.
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I have tender, romantic associations with upstate New York.
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