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" I have trouble admitting I'm wrong. "
Toni Collette
Wrong
Trouble
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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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" 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 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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" 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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" 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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" If I hadn't had acting, I would probably have imploded. "
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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 can't imagine a world without music. "
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" 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. "
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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 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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" I've been extremely happy and fortunate in terms of what I've achieved and the experiences I've been given. "
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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 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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" My life is fancy dress, so I prefer not to do it in my spare time. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" Also, I think having a musicality about me that helps in identifying different things in languages and getting them right. "
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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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" 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. "
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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 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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" Lars Von Trier is a genius. Every film he makes is so honest and powerful. "
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