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" Cameron and I actually do wear the same size. It made it very easy for the wardrobe department. "
Toni Collette
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" My plan is to have no plan. If you know what plan you have, life has its own ideas and will take you in any direction it pleases. So my idea about life is to just be open to it and to go with the flow and go with my gut. "
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" 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. "
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" I guess in Australia every film is sort of an indie film because there are no studios. "
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" 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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" Being in the desert was brilliant and it was hard. "
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" 'Krampus' had a certain originality about it, so I jumped on board. "
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" The one thing I want to do - and I am doing - is starting my own production company, for me to produce and direct in the future. Have a bit more say and control - become the storyteller more than just the character. I want to choose the story, plant the seed, and watch it grow. I just want to have a bit more involvement. "
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" 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.' "
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" I believe in nurturing the inner world. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm not Buddhist, but I am drawn to it because it seems the most beneficial of organised religions and the most compassionate. "
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" 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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" 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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" I've done a couple of films in Philadelphia, and it's a great, great town. "
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" Lars Von Trier is a genius. Every film he makes is so honest and powerful. "
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" My face moves, unlike some actors' do. I guess it's kind of a response to what's happening internally. "
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" I prefer comedies when they come from a dark kind of place and have a reality to it. "
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" I have trouble admitting I'm wrong. "
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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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" Hal Ashby is one of my favorite filmmakers. "
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" 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. "
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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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" I find it strange that actors are on the covers of magazines. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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