Vera Farmiga

Vera: It's terrifying to be the lead. There's a moment of excitement, and then pure terror.

Vera: I really don't feel a need to be famous, but I do feel a need to make a difference, to shed light on human emotion through acting. It sounds strange, but I don't recognize myself in the women in most films. And I should be up there somewhere. We all should.

Vera: I've always been lucky in that none of the TV shows were popular. I've never gone beyond 13 episodes. I did TV because independent films pay very little and I needed to live. But I've never wanted to be locked into a series, even when the part was interesting. I became an actor to play all sorts of different roles in films. I left my agents because they were focusing on television.

Vera: As a kid I wanted attention, so I started praying for glasses because everyone had ace vision in my family. Then one day my eyes started going bad and never stopped.

Vera: I can't do Los Angeles. I've always been the anti-Barbie. I don't want to be in a place where almost every woman walks around with puffy lips, little noses and breasts large enough to nourish a small country.