Vera Farmiga

I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.

I think that films about faith made for faith-based communities have a certain tactic.

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.

Honestly, I think a good film is spiritual, regardless of whether its subject is faith.

You don't necessarily have to be religious to pray.

Do I pray? Yes. Prayer is very important to me.

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.

Faith is important to me.

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.

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.

Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.

Working with children is a whole other ball game. They're like little animals. You have to keep the camera turned on them all the time. Sometimes it takes a 41-minute take to get one sentence out in a believable way.