A biography for Vera Farmigahasn’t been written yet.
“You ought to have a perspective when you're making a film.”
“I'm part wood nymph. I require mountains and warm, dense patches of moss to thrive.”
“I, for one, am tired of seeing movies about men damaging each other.”
“The limelight is a tricky place, because you can't believe what's going on around you. You stop observing. You stop perceiving. You stop extending yourself, and you become isolated.”
“I think that films about faith made for faith-based communities have a certain tactic.”
“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.”
“There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make things happen, who make a difference. I want to be one of those women.”
“We take a lot for granted as second wave feminists, what our mothers and aunts did for us.”
“I'm hooked on Polanski's films, his psychological thrillers. I love 'Rosemary's Baby,' I love 'Repulsion.'”
“Music is what our feelings sound like.”
“I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.”
“Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing.”
“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.”