189 Quotes by Vera Farmiga

Someone once told me that religion is like a knife: You can stab someone with it, or you can slice bread with it.

I have a two-year-old who just turned three, and my four-year-old just turned five. I have the same irrational feelings taking them to pre-school. It's this charged combination of stress and joy and anxiety and excitement. When they're away, you've got a sudden loss of purpose and this ever-present fear about the kid's welfare. The departure of our children from our nest is not an easy thing.

We are all seekers in some way. There are those of us who think they have all the answers and there are those of us who may never get an answer.

Honesty is not synonymous with truth.

I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'

I am drawn to intimate, often uncomfortable portraits of a woman persevering and awakening.

Normally, I rely heavily on my director to massage me out of my actor comfort zones.

Editing is not a part of the filmmaking process I've ever been privy to as an actress.

I think maybe I was a shepherdess in a past life.