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" An accent in a way can be an entry into a character. "
Toni Collette
Way
Entry
Accent
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" Oh, I definitely want to direct. I have young children. My job is already big enough, and I imagine it will be even more so as a director, and I don't want to miss out on them growing up. I'm going to wait until they're a bit older before I leap into that seat. "
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" People are so fearful about opening themselves up. All you want to do is to be able to connect with other people. When you connect with other people, you connect with something in yourself. It makes you feel happy. And yet it's so scary - it makes people feel vulnerable and unsafe. "
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" 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. "
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" Hal Ashby is one of my favorite filmmakers. "
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Favorite
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" My life is fancy dress, so I prefer not to do it in my spare time. "
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Life
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" Travelling's so much better when you know you've got a lovely home to go back to. "
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Home
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Back
" 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. "
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Yourself
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" The better you know yourself, the better your relationship with the rest of the world. "
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" Cameron and I actually do wear the same size. It made it very easy for the wardrobe department. "
Toni Collette
Made
Easy
Wear
" I want variety. I want versatility. Otherwise, I'm wasting the opportunity of being an actor, which is all about variation and change. "
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Actor
Change
Opportunity
" I can't imagine a world without music. "
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World
Without
Music
" 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. "
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Need
Me
Story
" I find it strange that actors are on the covers of magazines. "
Toni Collette
Covers
Magazines
Strange
" I believe the more important thing is your mind and your heart. Those two things are the most ignored parts of our beings. "
Toni Collette
Heart
Important
Mind
" I hate it when the mother is just the mother in movies. "
Toni Collette
Hate
Just
Mother
" Being in the desert was brilliant and it was hard. "
Toni Collette
Brilliant
Desert
Hard
" 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. "
Toni Collette
You
Bed
Fall
" The potential strength of female friendship and the bonds that can be formed, especially over a lifelong relationship, is very profound. "
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Relationship
Strength
Over
" 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
" I love kids, so working with them wasn't a problem. "
Toni Collette
Working
Kids
Love
" I prefer comedies when they come from a dark kind of place and have a reality to it. "
Toni Collette
Dark
Come
Prefer
" Sometimes it was so quiet, it's frightening. It really prioritizes things. "
Toni Collette
Sometimes
Things
Quiet
" Also, I think having a musicality about me that helps in identifying different things in languages and getting them right. "
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Things
Think
Different
" 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. "
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Life
Great
You
" I've been extremely happy and fortunate in terms of what I've achieved and the experiences I've been given. "
Toni Collette
Happy
Been
Experiences
" Meditation is an essential aspect of my life. "
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My Life
Essential
Life
" I wouldn't play glamour for glamour. "
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Glamour
Play
" Independent films have a certain freedom about them - there isn't so much at stake in terms of money. I think they're more interesting because they're not watered down to appeal to the masses. They tend to have a unique voice. "
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Freedom
Unique
Money
" 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. "
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Always
Matter
Person
" I don't feel I owe anyone anything. "
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Anyone
Anything