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" I just can't talk about things before I do them, because just for me... I give energy away before I've put energy into the job. "

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" It's funny, though, with films, because you can incorporate a variety of elements, and sometimes that can work for you and sometimes I think it can work against you. "

" When you're promoting a film it's really interesting trying to gauge what people think about it. "

" I'll generally write out every scene that's in the film on a couple of pieces of paper, just with a little one-line. And then I can scan it a bit and go, 'This first third of the film, generally, I'm kind of calm.' Then I might do something on one piece of paper that just relates to the energy of the character. "

" I'm never there enough to really keep up with what's going on in the Australian film industry. I just try and be part of it as much as I can. "

" Every time you say yes to a film there's a certain percentage of your yes that has to do with the director, a certain percentage to do with the story, a certain percentage with the character, the location, etc. "

" The reality is that we have all these awards and all these festivals that give out awards, so you sort of go, 'okay, well, people liked the film, and I think it's a good film, and it's up for an award - well, I guess it should win the award then.' "

" Men often still expect women to be under their thumb. "

" I always look at films as real stories with real people in real situations. That's why I struggle with the whole notion of calling someone the 'good guy' or the 'bad guy', because I think we all have potential to do good things and all have the potential to do bad things. "

" A movie that gets a PG-13 rating can show someone running down a street killing 27 people. And there are no repercussions. "

" I don't enjoy movies in 3D. I find I can't engage with the story as well. "

" Where do you even draw the line between genres? "

" I don't really relate to certain blokey men who just want to talk about blokey things. I never really know what to say and I always feel I have to act blokey in order to have them not say, 'You're a weirdo.' "

" When I go to a movie, I'm always thrilled if I've seen an actor do something and I didn't realize until the end of the movie that that was that person. I love that. "

" I think a lot of actors take on fun roles and then they're lazy or flippant with them. I just can't do that. "

" Comic-strip stuff isn't really my cup of tea, really. "

" I'm far more comfortable in my 40s than I ever was. "

" I always think the really unfortunate thing about the Australian film industry is its lack of momentum. And I don't mean this in a derogatory way. I'm always wanting it to pick up momentum, and I'm wondering if that's even possible. "

" The thrill of coming home has never changed. "

" The majority of people who join law enforcement are doing it for good, moral reasons, but then there are the few who get through, where you go, 'Whoa, hold on a second. What's this guy doing here?' "

" Working on films where the money's more important than the creativity, I just get a bit freaked out by that. I just don't feel comfortable. "

" I am geared towards communicating on a female level. "

" On stage, you've got dialogue you've learned. You've got a paying audience. It couldn't be better, you know? "

" You work on things and you have such faith in them while you're making them that everything feels special - in a way. "

" I don't understand the actor who plays the same role from movie to movie. Maybe it's because I worked on long-running television when I was in my teens, and so the idea of playing the same role just bores me intensely. I'd rather not do it at all. "

" Growing up, I was a kid pretending to be an adult. "

" I don't have many friends. "

" Funny enough, if you are looking at people these days who are putting Botox in their face and getting all sorts of plastic surgery, we look at them and go, I can tell you've had Botox. I can tell you've had plastic surgery. You look really strange to me. But no one's saying anything. We're just accepting the fact that they're strange-looking. "

" The thing I've come to learn is that what's great about small independent films is the intimacy and the communication that occurs when you're making them. "

" I suffer from overheating quite easily. "