“I found I was really comfortable taking on a different personality. It saved me from myself, in a way.”

— Vera Farmiga

On choosing to become an actor, as quoted in " Scared No More http://www.backstage.com/news/scared-no-more/" by Jenelle Riley at Backstage (March 2, 2006)

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