“I spent a lot of time reading blogs by mothers who had children with varying degrees of neural dysfunction, from schizophrenia to all sorts of different issues. And honestly, I don't think it's different for anybody. There's no right way to make sure your child will be emotionally and mentally healthier. It's just frustrating.” ThinkingWayChildrenDifferentMotherReadingIssuesDegreesOur ChildrenHonestlyYour ChildrenRight WayFrustratingBlogsSchizophreniaDysfunction Author:Vera Farmiga
“It's a delicate thing for me, with how involved I am in social media and being a part of people's lives in a way that they want me to.” PeopleWayWantSocialMediaInvolvedSocial MediaDelicateWant MeDelicate Things 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
“I listened more than I asked. There's a lot of information online, so many Youtube videos, countless interviews with all those obvious questions that were all answered for me. I just wanted to absorb her essence. I wanted to see the details, she has such mad style. I just wanted to see - the way she communicates with her hands, these gestures, her smile, how she moves through space.” WayHandsWantedMovingSpaceStyleInformationEssenceMadDetailsObviousCommunicateVideoInterviewsOnlineGesturesYoutubeHer Smile Author:Vera Farmiga
“To me representing clairvoyance, how was I going to achieve that, how I was going to capture that? For me, it all became about her gaze and the way she takes you in. It's a rhythmic thing and a stillness thing to consider but these are little details, little nuances. We were invited to the sanctity of her home and there were roosters running around and she's screaming, "Jackie, be quiet!" Even though she's in the middle of the thing. And these are the details that we wanted to incorporate into our story.” WayLittlesStoriesHomeRunningWantedMiddleAchieveQuietDetailsCaptureStillnessInvitedRepresentingNuanceSanctityJackieRoostersClairvoyance Author:Vera Farmiga
“I bring myself innately to it, yeah. I bring those details as much as I - what I don't obsess over is, there are certain ways I might've pushed it even a little more. For example, [to Warren] your accent. I know Warner Bros. at one point came in. I don't know, until you came to set, I know I wore that long tartan skirt and the ruffled blouse for that.” KnowsWayLittlesLongMightCertainExampleYeahDetailsAccentsSkirtsBrosBlousesWarner BrosTartan Author:Vera Farmiga
“The different tempos and yeah, it's cadence. It's the way she moves through space, it's gestures.” WayDifferentMovingSpaceYeahGesturesTempoCadence 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
“Ruminants are a perfectly normal thing to possess when you live in upstate New York. It's just moving scenery. It's kind of like the equivalent of Great Danes. It's the way you keep your grass mowed. It's the way you keep your weed-whacking to a minimum.” WayKindMovingNew YorkNormalGrassWeedMinimumSceneryNormal ThingsPerfectly NormalUpstate New York Author:Vera Farmiga
“In these times, in this harsh, rude, warring world that we live in, where most of the bloodshed is 'My god is greater than your god,' and we're fighting in the name of our god, we have to find a way to peaceably coexist, spiritually.” WorldWayFightingNamesGreaterHarshRudeBloodshedCoexist Author:Vera Farmiga
