“We take a lot for granted as second wave feminists, what our mothers and aunts did for us.” InspirationalMotivationalMotherWaveFeministGrantedAunt Author:Vera Farmiga
“Whether we call it religion or faith, we all battle for a balanced integrated soul.” SoulBattleBalancedIntegrated Author:Vera Farmiga
“Your soul either feels lifted by something that you read, or it feels squashed by it.” FeelsSoulYour Soul Author:Vera Farmiga
“There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make things happen, who make a difference. I want to be one of those women.” WantHappensDifferencesThings HappenMaking A DifferenceMake Things Happen Author:Vera Farmiga
“Editing yourself is like an irksome coin toss. You've got to strip yourself of super ego and operate from the id. Maybe I've got my Freud mixed up. It's just hard to trade a beauty shot for the performance with truth and a brightly lit zit.” HardEgoShotsPerformancesTradeEditingCoinsLitTossZits Author:Vera Farmiga
“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.” FeelsCharacterJobsFilmActorsHarderIndependentProductionsStudiosDescriptionWork HarderIndependent Film Author:Vera Farmiga
“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.” FatherDadImportanceDetermineHolinessYearningInnate Author:Vera Farmiga
“The limelight is a tricky place, because you can't believe what's going on around you. You stop observing. You stop perceiving. You stop extending yourself, and you become isolated.” BelieveIsolatedObservingTrickyExtendingLimelightExtending Yourself Author:Vera Farmiga
“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.” ThinkingGivingWarSelfResultsHolyAnxietyMassDestructionHatredSickBetter LifeMass DestructionBloodshedAntithesisBest SelfHoly War Author:Vera Farmiga
“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.” ThinkingMeanLittlesHomeFilmIndependentStudiosAccountantsIndependent FilmProvidersLittle Money Author:Vera Farmiga
“I just can't feel lukewarm about a character. I either despise her, admire her, or don't understand her and want to understand her.” WantFeelsCharacterAdmireDespiseLukewarm Author:Vera Farmiga
“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.” HateBeliefEasyNuanceBelief SystemsPortrayal Author:Vera Farmiga
“I think all religions can agree on certain definitions of God and concepts of God, like God being the god of love, the great 'I am' energy.” ThinkingCertainEnergyConceptsAgreeDefinitions Author:Vera Farmiga
