As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character. — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
When you encounter sophistication in the creation of a female character, you thank the writers and you claim it. — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
I've done TV, but never where you're given this much time to live with a character, to study the tone and hone… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
The more people know about you, the more face-time you get in the media, the harder your job becomes to create a… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
Offers come all the time, but I'm pretty particular. I really have to be wowed by a character I encounter in a… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
When I look at female characters, I want to recognize myself in them - my trials, my tribulations as a mother, as… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer of the character. And that's what used to draw me to scripts...something in… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
I feel my fuller-bodied characters are all in the independent films I do, and in the studio productions, I have to work… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
I just can't feel lukewarm about a character. I either despise her, admire her, or don't understand her and want to understand… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
The biggest research of all when I do a character is self-examination. You look at yourself and you ask, 'How am I… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
When I look at female characters, I want to recognize myself in them: my trials, my tribulations as a mother, as a… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
There's just a deeper level of sophistication in the writing of female characters on TV. — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
Just because I’m telling a story about a woman losing faith is not my rebellion against what I grew up in. If… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
I had lots of jobs. For instance I sold lingerie. Doing that I realized how faking an eastern European or French accent can boost… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
I'm not in this for the achievement. I'm in it for the illumination. That's how I choose my roles, that's how I attract roles,… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
I just wanted to make sure that yes, that those horror - they worked as a genre. To me, I just wanted to be… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
I come from a massive family, and the youngest is twentysomething years younger than I am, so I grew up with children. — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
I think all religions can agree on certain definitions of God and concepts of God, like God being the god of love, the great… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
As a kid I wanted attention, so I started praying for glasses because everyone had ace vision in my family. Then one day my… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
Someone once told me that religion is like a knife: You can stab someone with it, or you can slice bread with it. — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
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… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
My only real advice to Oscar nominees is, 'If you haven't actually seen a competitor's film, don't fib and say you have and blow… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
