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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. "

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" There are actors who are really fantastically talented at being natural on screen and appearing to be themselves, but I like the challenge of becoming somebody else. "

Toni Collette

Who

Somebody

" I try to play real people who inspire me through something in their journey. "

" I find it strange that actors are on the covers of magazines. "

" I have trouble admitting I'm wrong. "

" Hal Ashby is one of my favorite filmmakers. "

" The way a character looks reflects what's on the inside. I can make myself look really bad, and I can make myself look kind of gorgeous. It's not about me; it's about the character. "

" When I look at a character, I never look at the size of the role. I always look at the whole person, no matter how much they're featured in the movie. "

" We were just covered in dirt the whole time. It was so hot - and that was in winter. I can not imagine what it's like in summer and how the people who actually live out there survive. "

" I like being married, but it was never something I felt I had to do. "

Toni Collette

Being

Married

" I've never had a game plan. It's just if something comes along and it feels right in the moment. "

" If I hadn't had acting, I would probably have imploded. "

" Sometimes it was so quiet, it's frightening. It really prioritizes things. "

" 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. "

" I think there's an inevitable fact that I somehow absorb part of what I'm doing, because that's what you're constantly thinking about, and that's what's in your veins, and that's what you get up at 4:30 in the morning for and fall into bed after. "

" I've done a couple of films in Philadelphia, and it's a great, great town. "

" I think it's important to relax in general. I don't try to save up my relaxing for one month period of the year; it's kind of a daily practice that I've tried to remain aware of. "

" I really only take roles that I love and that I have some kind of innate compulsion or need to tell that story. Although it's almost like I have no control over it. It's like they choose me. "

Toni Collette

Need

Story

" Travelling's so much better when you know you've got a lovely home to go back to. "

" I want variety. I want versatility. Otherwise, I'm wasting the opportunity of being an actor, which is all about variation and change. "

" I hate it when the mother is just the mother in movies. "

" To tell you the truth, my father says I came out of the womb literally singing and dancing, as though there was a spotlight on me. When I ask what I was like when I was little, they just say 'loud.' "

Toni Collette

Dancing

Father

" My life is fancy dress, so I prefer not to do it in my spare time. "

" I can't imagine a world without music. "

" Cameron and I actually do wear the same size. It made it very easy for the wardrobe department. "

" I'm very happy with my lot. I like the variety I get. You don't want to spend your life repeating yourself. It's true of any kind of artist, you want to explore as wide and far as you can go, so that's what I've been trying to do. "

" 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. "

" I guess in Australia every film is sort of an indie film because there are no studios. "

" My face moves, unlike some actors' do. I guess it's kind of a response to what's happening internally. "

" I think when I was younger, I used to sort of long to be a part of films that were really gritty and hardcore in a way. "

" I have to say, I feel really lucky. I've had a lot of great characters to play. "