Quotes from Vera Farmiga

We are all seekers in some way. There are those of us who think they have all the answers and there are those of us who may never get an answer.

I think maybe I was a shepherdess in a past life.

Sometimes I attract roles that are necessary either for personal growth or enlightenment.

We're all sick of holy wars and bloodshed because religion is supposed to give us life and a better life and is supposed to bring out our best self. When it results in mass destruction and hatred and anxiety, it's the antithesis I think of what religion was designed to do.

Working with children is a whole other ball game. They're like little animals. You have to keep the camera turned on them all the time. Sometimes it takes a 41-minute take to get one sentence out in a believable way.

I, for one, am tired of seeing movies about men damaging each other.

No role is more challenging, rewarding and inspiring than my real-life role as a mom and a wife.

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.

Whether youre making a million dollar film or a $100 million film there is never enough money, theres never enough time.

We take a lot for granted as second wave feminists, what our mothers and aunts did for us.

Music is what our feelings sound like.

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.

I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.

My father instilled in me - of utmost importance and innate in me is the yearning to determine for myself - to define God, to define holiness for myself.

It's a very different thing, religion and faith. Religion is man-made, it's man-regulated. And faith, you can define God as you wish. But I think they're two different things.

I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.

I think the worst thing that can happen to a good actor is fame.

I didn't grow up watching film but as a Ukrainian-American, music and stories and dance are crucial.

I've never graced the cover of a fashion magazine.

I have a lot of frustration with religion, organized religion, because it's man-made, because it's man-regulated. And it has nothing to do with my relationship with God.

Whether we call it religion or faith, we all battle for a balanced integrated soul.

I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion; it's too cheap and easy to do, and ignores the nuances that go into having a belief system.

You don't necessarily have to be religious to pray.

Do I pray? Yes. Prayer is very important to me.