“I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion it's too cheap and easy to do, and ignores the nuances that go into having a belief system.”
Religion
“I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.”
HumorAll Quotes by Vera Farmiga
“There's no wrong way to experience a film.”
Experience“Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.”
Knowledge“I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.”
Faith“Music is what our feelings sound like.”
Music“I, for one, am tired of seeing movies about men damaging each other.”
Movies“Editing yourself is like an irksome coin toss. You've got to strip yourself of super ego and operate from the id. Maybe I've got my Freud mixed up. It's just hard to trade a beauty shot for the performance with truth and a brightly lit zit.”
Beauty“I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.”
Humor“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.”
Age“I come from a massive family, and the youngest is twentysomething years younger than I am, so I grew up with children.”
Family“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.”
Religion“You earn very little money on independent films and I'm the provider for my home, so I do have to think of taking one for the accountant time and again and that means studio pictures.”
Home“I think that films about faith made for faith-based communities have a certain tactic.”
Faith“I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.”
Funny“The Ukrainian community is tight-knit by nature.”
Nature“Whether we call it religion or faith, we all battle for a balanced integrated soul.”
Faith“I've played a lot of mothers in my movies.”
Movies“Honestly, I think a good film is spiritual, regardless of whether its subject is faith.”
Faith“Someone once told me that religion is like a knife: You can stab someone with it, or you can slice bread with it.”
Religion“It's a very different thing, religion and faith. Religion is man-made, it's man-regulated. And faith, you can define God as you wish. But I think they're two different things.”
Faith