When I was younger, I didn't have any aspirations to be an actress. Taissa Farmiga More Quotes by Taissa Farmiga More Quotes From Taissa Farmiga You get to keep acting on the feelings you had just moments before. You don't have to psych yourself up for the scene. You can just go off what you were already feeling. Taissa Farmiga psych acting feelings Whether it was good or bad, that was the day, and you have to let it go. Taissa Farmiga let-it-go Communication feels like it should be the simplest thing, but it's not. Sometimes you don't even understand what you're feeling. You don't know how to put that into words, so how are you suppose to tell the person you love that you're upset. Taissa Farmiga upset communication feelings We all get frustrated and we all get angry, especially being young. We're happy so quickly, we're mad so quickly, and everything is just flowing so fast. Taissa Farmiga frustrated mad young I'm a perfectionist, so it's hard for me to just accept that that I can't keep working until it's perfected. But I'm learning, I'm growing as a human in that way. Taissa Farmiga perfectionist growing way Theratre is not like like in film and TV, where you have to stop and go back and keep redoing the same three pages for two hours. You get to go through the whole 80 pages of the script, which is incredible. You get to keep acting on the feelings you had just moments before. You don't have to psych yourself up for the scene. You can just go off what you were already feeling. Taissa Farmiga psych feelings two One of the hardest things I've had to learn is to let it go. At the end of the show or the end of the rehearsal day to just take a deep breath and say, "Alright, that was it. That was the day." Taissa Farmiga take-a-deep-breath rehearsal let-it-go I get scared easily, so I'm not one for just sitting down with a bowl of popcorn and watching horror stories. But, I mean, I'm learning more. Maybe one day I'd like to be able to watch them. Taissa Farmiga horror-stories one-day mean I have a rebellious teenage thing. If my mom says I can't do it, I'm gonna do it. But I'm pretty good. That's why it was fun to play Sam in The Bling Ring. I got to be someone crazy and wild to the extreme, then go home and relax and get rid of the burden. Taissa Farmiga teenage mom fun I really didn't know much about theater. After I signed on, I started reading a lot of Sam Shepard plays just to brush up on my history and do some research. Taissa Farmiga research reading play To be honest, I didn't have any expectations. I really didn't know what to expect. What I was most nervous about was the repetition of doing it over and over and over again. Does that get stale? How do you keep it fresh? Then I realized it's always new because you get to keep playing the next moment. Taissa Farmiga next expectations doe I don't have much to compare it to because I really didn't know much about theater. After I signed on, I started reading a lot of Sam Shepard plays just to brush up on my history and do some research. What's great is that Sam's been here and he's been in rehearsals with us. Sometimes you don't even notice him come in; he's just sitting there in the theater seats watching you. Taissa Farmiga sitting reading play I can't just watch a horror movie and leave it at that. The scary parts just stick with me. It kind of infiltrates my brain and sometimes I can't sleep at night, so usually I don't go and voluntarily watch one. Taissa Farmiga scary sleep night Sometimes I think too much, or sometimes I don't think enough as the character. Sometimes you just miss a moment, or sometimes you hear something that a character's saying that you haven't heard before and you react differently. Taissa Farmiga missing character thinking Being in the moment is the best thing I can do. Taissa Farmiga best-things i-can moments I was hoping, actually, that being on the other side of the camera in a scary movie, see how it's filmed and maybe you won't be as scared next time you watch one... didn't really work out! Because I know it's fake, but I just get so into it. Taissa Farmiga you fake work time I can't say that I fully relate to things that I play. Sometimes it's nice to spend half the day crying; then you don't have to do it in real life. Taissa Farmiga day you sometimes life I'm actually pretty afraid of scary movies, so I can't watch them at night, but I am a fan during the daytime! Taissa Farmiga i-am pretty movies night Admiration is great, but there is a line not to cross. Taissa Farmiga cross line great admiration 'American Horror Story' is dark, so you shouldn't be expecting too much happiness. Taissa Farmiga story you dark happiness
