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" I hate sitting around labouring over things. I love just getting into it. "
Toni Collette
Sitting
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" The better you know yourself, the better your relationship with the rest of the world. "
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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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" Travelling's so much better when you know you've got a lovely home to go back to. "
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" 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. "
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" I think that the Japanese culture is one of the very few cultures left that is its own entity. They're just so traditional and so specific in their ways. It's kind of untouched, it's not Americanized. "
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" Sometimes it was so quiet, it's frightening. It really prioritizes things. "
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" 'Krampus' had a certain originality about it, so I jumped on board. "
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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 find it strange that actors are on the covers of magazines. "
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" 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. "
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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 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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" 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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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