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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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" 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. "

" 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.' "

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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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I hate sitting around labouring over things. I love just getting into it. "

" 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. "

" I don't mind where I work, it's really nice to be able to travel around and taste the flavours of different countries. "

" When I look at a character, I never look at the size of the role. I always look at the whole person, no matter how much they're featured in the movie. "

" 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. "

" 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 think being the conventional beauty is limiting, so I'm glad I'm not that. If I looked different, I wouldn't have the great opportunities I've had. "

" Being in the desert was brilliant and it was hard. "

" I'm starting to realise that there are certain themes that I return to, those being that there is no such thing as normal, and people finding their voice and living authentically. And also that you can be influenced and helped through an extended family. "

" My plan is to have no plan. If you know what plan you have, life has its own ideas and will take you in any direction it pleases. So my idea about life is to just be open to it and to go with the flow and go with my gut. "

" I've done a couple of films in Philadelphia, and it's a great, great town. "

" 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. "

" I wouldn't play glamour for glamour. "

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Glamour

Play

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

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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. "

" I love rides. I'm such an immature person. "

" 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. "

" 'Krampus' had a certain originality about it, so I jumped on board. "

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

" 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. "

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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. "

" Also, I think having a musicality about me that helps in identifying different things in languages and getting them right. "