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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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" 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

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" I have trouble admitting I'm wrong. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Lars Von Trier is a genius. Every film he makes is so honest and powerful. "

" I believe the more important thing is your mind and your heart. Those two things are the most ignored parts of our beings. "

" I've been extremely happy and fortunate in terms of what I've achieved and the experiences I've been given. "

" 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. "

" 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

Watch

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" The better you know yourself, the better your relationship with the rest of the world. "

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

" 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. "

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

Toni Collette

Being

Married

" I don't feel I owe anyone anything. "

" I wouldn't play glamour for glamour. "

Toni Collette

Glamour

Play

" 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. "

" 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

" 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. "

" Meditation is an essential aspect of my life. "

" 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. "

" Whether it's a movie I'm in or not, if there's a good movie, and it's low budget, and you know everyone's done it just because they were passionate about it and they cared for it, if it has any kind of audience, it's just a wonderful outcome. "

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

" I prefer comedies when they come from a dark kind of place and have a reality to it. "

" 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. "

" 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

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Somebody