Vera Farmiga
Vera Farmiga
Vera Ann Farmigais an American actress, director and producer. She began her career on Broadway in the play Taking Sides. She made her television debut in the Fox fantasy series Roar, and her film debut in the drama-thriller Return to Paradise...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth6 August 1973
CityClifton, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
religious praying
You dont necessarily have to be religious to pray.
jobs character media
The more people know about you, the more face-time you get in the media, the harder your job becomes to create a character in whom people suspend disbelief.
opportunity thinking acting
There are some times when I think acting can be a noble profession. And when those rare roles come along, like Down to the Bone, you have the opportunity to be of service.
compassion giving stories
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.
religious fun three
There really are three types of religious movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
dad father holiness
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.
hollywood needs
I don't necessarily need Hollywood.
children years grew
I come from a massive family, and the youngest is twentysomething years younger than I am, so I grew up with children.
awakening portraits intimate
I am drawn to intimate, often uncomfortable portraits of a woman persevering and awakening.
important
Faith is important to me.
movie editing actors
Editing is not a part of the filmmaking process I've ever been privy to as an actress.
prayer important praying
Do I pray? Yes. Prayer is very important to me.
christian catholic my-family
I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.
children husband father
I have the best husband a wife could possibly have. He's the best father my children could have.