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" Also, I think having a musicality about me that helps in identifying different things in languages and getting them right. "
Toni Collette
Things
Think
Different
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" Hal Ashby is one of my favorite filmmakers. "
Toni Collette
Hal
Favorite
Filmmakers
" To be able to create a character and tell a story is a crazy way to make a living. I feel so lucky to be able to do this. "
Toni Collette
Character
Story
Create
" 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. "
Toni Collette
Bad
I Can
Character
" I played a lot of mothers before I even became a mother. It wasn't like I set out to be some sort of mother crusader. "
Toni Collette
Before
Like
Some
" When I watch a movie, someone's beauty isn't what engages me: it's what's going on internally. And I imagine it's what the audience thinks, too. "
Toni Collette
Someone
Me
Watch
" The people who are most attractive to me are those who feel most comfortable in their skin - there's a sense of self-acceptance. "
Toni Collette
Skin
Who
Feel
" Mothers are so awesome. They do so much. They wear so many hats and have very passionate relationships with their kids, and with life, and I think it's a real balance having your own existence and then being this responsible, kind of loving person in someone else's life or several other people's lives. "
Toni Collette
Loving
Balance
Think
" I'm glad that it was so physical and so isolated. "
Toni Collette
Physical
Glad
Isolated
" I don't mind where I work, it's really nice to be able to travel around and taste the flavours of different countries. "
Toni Collette
Nice
Mind
Work
" 'Krampus' had a certain originality about it, so I jumped on board. "
Toni Collette
Originality
About
Board
" My life is fancy dress, so I prefer not to do it in my spare time. "
Toni Collette
Fancy
Life
My Life
" I'm not Buddhist, but I am drawn to it because it seems the most beneficial of organised religions and the most compassionate. "
Toni Collette
I Am
Because
Most
" Meditation is an essential aspect of my life. "
Toni Collette
My Life
Essential
Life
" 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. "
Toni Collette
Television
American
Long
" I've never had a game plan. It's just if something comes along and it feels right in the moment. "
Toni Collette
Along
Moment
Never
" Lars Von Trier is a genius. Every film he makes is so honest and powerful. "
Toni Collette
Honest
Powerful
Von
" I don't feel I owe anyone anything. "
Toni Collette
Feel
Anyone
Anything
" 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
Me
Story
" I love kids, so working with them wasn't a problem. "
Toni Collette
Working
Kids
Love
" The potential strength of female friendship and the bonds that can be formed, especially over a lifelong relationship, is very profound. "
Toni Collette
Relationship
Strength
Over
" My 20s were totally bonkers. I was living out of a suitcase and burning the candle at both ends. But I tell you - I am totally over it. "
Toni Collette
Over
Candle
I Am
" I hate it when the mother is just the mother in movies. "
Toni Collette
Hate
Just
Mother
" I hate sitting around labouring over things. I love just getting into it. "
Toni Collette
Sitting
Hate
Just
" Being in the desert was brilliant and it was hard. "
Toni Collette
Brilliant
Desert
Hard
" I guess in Australia every film is sort of an indie film because there are no studios. "
Toni Collette
Australia
Indie
Film
" 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. "
Toni Collette
Passionate
More
Me
" 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. "
Toni Collette
Happy
Yourself
You
" In a lot of films, forever it's been boy-meets-girl, and thank God for films like - I know it's going to sound ridiculous - 'Frozen.' I was so excited for my daughter to be able to watch a love story between two sisters instead of some stupid prince. "
Toni Collette
Stupid
Daughter
Love
" 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. "
Toni Collette
Family
Worry
Together
" I like being married, but it was never something I felt I had to do. "
Toni Collette
Being
Like
Married