Posted by Adam

Thursday March 25, 2010

VERA Farmiga dreams about becoming a goat herder.

The actress — who starred opposite George Clooney in the critically-acclaimed movie Up In The Air — raises goats at her farm in upstate New York and admits she often dreams of getting away with her animals when the business of Hollywood becomes too much for her.

“When things get feisty, and I feel my career is less art and more business, then I sincerely think about just buying a staff and herding,” she said.

Vera, 36, recently revealed that becoming an actress was her back-up plan.

“I was living in New York, waiting to go to college and I was playing soccer but I had been benched, because my health papers hadn’t cleared,” she said earlier this month.

“I just didn’t have the patience to wait and it coincided with my heart being broken for the first time. I needed an outlet. I just didn’t want to sit there and watch my colleagues play ball so a friend of mine encouraged me to try out for this silly melodrama. I got the lead role and from there I was encouraged to continue. And here I am!”

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