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" After 'Muriel's Wedding,' I first went to America, and I was sent all these scripts about fat girls overcoming hurdles. Something in me knew not to go down that road, even if it was a good script. "
America
Road
Overcoming
" Also, I think having a musicality about me that helps in identifying different things in languages and getting them right. "
Things
Think
Different
" An accent in a way can be an entry into a character. "
Way
Entry
Accent
" Being in the desert was brilliant and it was hard. "
Brilliant
Desert
Hard
" Cameron and I actually do wear the same size. It made it very easy for the wardrobe department. "
Made
Easy
Wear
" Hal Ashby is one of my favorite filmmakers. "
Hal
Favorite
Filmmakers
" I believe in nurturing the inner world. "
World
Believe
I Believe
" I believe the more important thing is your mind and your heart. Those two things are the most ignored parts of our beings. "
Heart
Important
Mind
" I can't imagine a world without music. "
World
Without
Music
" I don't feel I owe anyone anything. "
Feel
Anyone
Anything
" I don't mind where I work, it's really nice to be able to travel around and taste the flavours of different countries. "
Nice
Mind
Work
" I don't try to live the life of my character but I think it's inevitable that there is some carry-over into your life. "
Character
Life
Your
" If I get dressed up, and my boyfriend says, 'You look gorgeous,' I kinda feel funny. I don't know if I'm particularly comfortable with being attractive. "
Funny
Know
Look
" If I hadn't had acting, I would probably have imploded. "
Acting
Had
Would
" I find it strange that actors are on the covers of magazines. "
Covers
Magazines
Strange
" I grew up watching a lot of American television and so the American sound has been in my psyche somehow for a long time and is quite familiar and so that does make it easier. "
Television
American
Long
" I guess in Australia every film is sort of an indie film because there are no studios. "
Australia
Indie
Film
" I hate it when the mother is just the mother in movies. "
Hate
Just
Mother
" I hate sitting around labouring over things. I love just getting into it. "
Sitting
Hate
Just
" I have to say, I feel really lucky. I've had a lot of great characters to play. "
Play
Feel
Great
" I have trouble admitting I'm wrong. "
Wrong
Trouble
Admitting
" I just never want to repeat myself. I also don't want to be bored in life. The great luxury of being an actor is you get to be different people, and I would hate to be repetitive. "
Life
Great
You
" I just want to find some inner peace, and I think I'm getting there, slowly but surely. "
Inner Peace
Find
Think
" I kind of realized I could sing, so I played around with that for a while. And that led me to acting in itself, which I came more passionate about by the age of 15. "
Passionate
More
Me
" I like being married, but it was never something I felt I had to do. "
Being
Like
Married
" I love holidays. It's such a wonderful time for the whole family to be together and not have to worry about schedules and that kind of thing. "
Family
Worry
Together
" I love kids, so working with them wasn't a problem. "
Working
Kids
Love
" I love rides. I'm such an immature person. "
I Love
Rides
Person
" I love working. I love it! It makes me feel awake and alive and appreciative, as does my family, but in a different way. If I was told I couldn't do it, I think I would wither and die. "
Love
Family
Feel
" I'm a fan of music, some rock music. But I like many types of music. But I suppose a kind of longstanding love of specific bands would be Radiohead, Wilco, Neil Young, Tom Waits, REM. "
Rock
Music
Love
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