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" I have to say, I feel really lucky. I've had a lot of great characters to play. "
Toni Collette
Play
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Great
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" 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. "
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" Cameron and I actually do wear the same size. It made it very easy for the wardrobe department. "
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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 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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" The people who are most attractive to me are those who feel most comfortable in their skin - there's a sense of self-acceptance. "
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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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" If I get dressed up, and my boyfriend says, 'You look gorgeous,' I kinda feel funny. I don't know if I'm particularly comfortable with being attractive. "
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" I try to play real people who inspire me through something in their journey. "
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" 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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" I hate it when the mother is just the mother in movies. "
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" I just want to find some inner peace, and I think I'm getting there, slowly but surely. "
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" I wish I had more patience. "
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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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" My life is fancy dress, so I prefer not to do it in my spare time. "
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" I wouldn't play glamour for glamour. "
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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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" Being in the desert was brilliant and it was hard. "
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" Also, I think having a musicality about me that helps in identifying different things in languages and getting them right. "
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" I love kids, so working with them wasn't a problem. "
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" If I hadn't had acting, I would probably have imploded. "
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" I've never had a game plan. It's just if something comes along and it feels right in the moment. "
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" Meditation is an essential aspect of my life. "
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" I believe in nurturing the inner world. "
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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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" 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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