“I'm thinking about anything and everything. I'm making stuff up in my head, I'm using sense memory. Sometimes when it doesn't come and you've got no choice because you're getting paid to do it, you grasp at straws. It's always easy now with my kids. I just create some "what-ifs" in my head, something horrible that would devastate me as a mother.” IfsThinkingSometimesKidsMotherChoicesEasyStuffMemoriesPaidHorribleStrawsAnything And Everything Author:Vera Farmiga
“Just because I’m telling a story about a woman losing faith is not my rebellion against what I grew up in. If anything, it really affected the way I approached the story, and in fact, approach everything. I don’t judge my characters.” IfsWayCharacterFactsStoriesJudgingGrewApproachGrew UpLosingRebellionAffectedLosing Faith Author:Vera Farmiga
“Sometimes music helps. If I feel that it's bogus, I'll literally just call myself out on camera and say that it's dishonest. You do whatever it takes.” IfsFeelsSometimesHelpingCamerasWhatever It Takes Author:Vera Farmiga
“It's thematic in my career, if you look at most of my choices. It is some level of exploration of maternal angst and maternal heroism.” IfsLooksChoicesLevelsCareersExplorationHeroismAngstThematic Author:Vera Farmiga
“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.” IfsThinkingUseGivenLosesPerceptionYeahLorraine Author:Vera Farmiga
“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.” IfsThinkingLyingEvilCompassionToolsAnd LovePositivityCombatConceptualizationNature Of Evil Author:Vera Farmiga
“I've always believed that if you are precise in your thoughts, it's not the lines you say that are important - it's what exists between the lines. What I'm compelled by most is that transparency of thought, what is left unspoken.” IfsImportantLeftLinesPreciseCompelledTransparencyUnspokenBetween The Lines Author:Vera Farmiga
