“I think I always try to be accommodating and open and available and proving for my director. I love to give as many takes as they want. I love to give them as many choices as they want.” ThinkingWantGivingTryingChoicesDirectorsProveAvailable Author:Vera Farmiga
“It's such a measure of your solidarity with Ed, that when you would give lectures, he would be wearing a tartan tie that matched. And I demanded that outfit, I thought it was so punk - her long skirt, she looked like a Scottish queen, so regal.” GivingLongWould BeQueensTiesPunkSolidarityLecturesSkirtsScottishMatchedRegalTartanLong Skirts Author:Vera Farmiga
“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.” ThinkingGivingTwoHelpingStoriesPiecesAskingCoreLove StoryAsking For HelpGiving HelpLorraine Author:Vera Farmiga
“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.” WayNeedsGivingStoriesWantedFilmCompassionSawsHorrorGenreDesperateTouchedReceivingPlausibleTime Of NeedGiving And ReceivingDesperate Times Author:Vera Farmiga
“The experience of giving birth itself made me feel more womanly.” GivingBirthGiving BirthSelf MadeWomanly 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
