"The biggest research of all when I do a character is self-examination. You look at yourself and you ask, 'How am I similar to this person and how am I different?'"

--

Source : "Vera Farmiga's Unforgettable Role". PARADE interview, parade.com. November 6, 2008.

Vera Farmiga

#Character Quotes #Self Quotes #Research Quotes

“If you're brave enough to leave behind everything familiar and comforting, which can be anything from your house to bitter, old resentments, and set out on a truth-seeking journey, either externally or internally, and if you are truly willing to regard everything that happens to you on that journey as a clue and if you accept everyone you meet along the way as a teacher and if you are prepared, most of all, to face and forgive some very difficult realities about yourself, then the truth will not be withheld from you.”

Source : "Eat Pray Love". Book by Elizabeth Gilbert, February 16, 2006.
“Dorian used to watch you like a starving man who wants meat. Now he looks at you like he wants seconds.”
“I think it's interesting that when you play a lesbian, people ask you if you're a lesbian, but if you play a serial killer, nobody asks you if you're a serial killer.”
“Be adaptable, flexible and never stop learning. The rate of change will never stop and neither should you.”
“I know what my strengths are and what theirs are and what the three of us do is play for the good of the team.”

Source : Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
“Collaborative is my favorite word in moviemaking.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty.”

Source : John C. Calhoun “The Works of John C. Calhoun Volume 4”, Jazzybee Verlag
“It's going to be a busy meet for me, I knew that coming in, so I'm just trying to go through all my recovery strategies. Just forget about the last race and move onto the next. Hopefully I swam fast enough to get in, but we'll see.”

You may also like:

Freddie Highmore
Actor
Isabelle Fuhrman
Actress
James Wan
Film producer
Lili Taylor
Actress
Olivia Cooke
Film actress
Patrick Wilson
Actor
Taissa Farmiga
Actress
Frances O'Connor
Film actress
Sebastian Roche
Actor