Do I observe holy days and holidays? Yeah, the ritual is very important to me. It's part of being Ukrainian Catholic. So every holy day we're baking pierogis and not eating meat. Vera Farmiga More Quotes by Vera Farmiga More Quotes From Vera Farmiga Whether we call it religion or faith, we all battle for a balanced integrated soul. Vera Farmiga integratedbattlesoul The nature of evil, the nature of it, it exists. It exists and I think within us we have the tools. If we have the will, we can combat it. I think the power is within us and it lies in our own conceptualization of God and positivity and compassion and love. Vera Farmiga positivitylyingthinking 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. Vera Farmiga makeupglasseswine 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 knivesbread 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. Vera Farmiga partypeoplerooms 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. Vera Farmiga independentjobscharacter You dont have to be gay to be attracted to your friend. Vera Farmiga gay I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them. Vera Farmiga sense-of-humorusethinking I spent a lot of time reading blogs by mothers who had children with varying degrees of neural dysfunction, from schizophrenia to all sorts of different issues. And honestly, I don't think it's different for anybody. There's no right way to make sure your child will be emotionally and mentally healthier. It's just frustrating. Vera Farmiga readingmotherchildren I have a two-year-old who just turned three, and my four-year-old just turned five. I have the same irrational feelings taking them to pre-school. It's this charged combination of stress and joy and anxiety and excitement. When they're away, you've got a sudden loss of purpose and this ever-present fear about the kid's welfare. The departure of our children from our nest is not an easy thing. Vera Farmiga stresschildrenschool Whether youre making a million dollar film or a $100 million film there is never enough money, theres never enough time. Vera Farmiga enough-timedollarsfilm Ruminants are a perfectly normal thing to possess when you live in upstate New York. It's just moving scenery. It's kind of like the equivalent of Great Danes. It's the way you keep your grass mowed. It's the way you keep your weed-whacking to a minimum. Vera Farmiga weednew-yorkmoving But I think for me, why I was drawn to the piece is, at the core of the story, it's a love story to me - between Ed and Lorraine, between these two families who are asking for help and us who are in the business of giving help. Vera Farmiga asking-for-helptwothinking I just wanted to make sure that yes, that those horror - they worked as a genre. To me, I just wanted to be touched by the film in the way that I saw plausible. Which is the story about compassion - giving and receiving it in those desperate times of need. Vera Farmiga receivingcompassiongiving The more people know about you, the more face-time you get in the media, the harder your job becomes to create a character in whom people suspend disbelief. Vera Farmiga mediajobscharacter It's true: I don't remember what life was like before parenthood. Vera Farmiga parenthoodremember 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. Vera Farmiga teensdancercountry I didn't grow up watching film but as a Ukrainian-American, music and stories and dance are crucial. Vera Farmiga growing-updanceinspirational I've played a lot of mothers in my movies. Vera Farmiga mothers-daymotherinspiring Normally, I rely heavily on my director to massage me out of my actor comfort zones. Vera Farmiga actorscomfortdirectors
