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" I like being married, but it was never something I felt I had to do. "
Toni Collette
Being
Like
Married
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" I wouldn't play glamour for glamour. "
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Glamour
Play
" I've been extremely happy and fortunate in terms of what I've achieved and the experiences I've been given. "
Toni Collette
Happy
Been
Experiences
" Cameron and I actually do wear the same size. It made it very easy for the wardrobe department. "
Toni Collette
Made
Easy
Wear
" I prefer comedies when they come from a dark kind of place and have a reality to it. "
Toni Collette
Dark
Come
Prefer
" 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. "
Toni Collette
Love
Family
Feel
" If I hadn't had acting, I would probably have imploded. "
Toni Collette
Acting
Had
Would
" I think it's important to relax in general. I don't try to save up my relaxing for one month period of the year; it's kind of a daily practice that I've tried to remain aware of. "
Toni Collette
Relax
Important
Daily
" 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. "
Toni Collette
Freedom
Unique
Money
" 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. "
Toni Collette
Family
Worry
Together
" 'Krampus' had a certain originality about it, so I jumped on board. "
Toni Collette
Originality
About
Board
" I wish I had more patience. "
Toni Collette
Patience
Had
Wish
" 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. "
Toni Collette
Funny
Know
Look
" 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. "
Toni Collette
Television
American
Long
" Being in the desert was brilliant and it was hard. "
Toni Collette
Brilliant
Desert
Hard
" 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. "
Toni Collette
Wait
Children
Enough
" I believe in nurturing the inner world. "
Toni Collette
World
Believe
I Believe
" The potential strength of female friendship and the bonds that can be formed, especially over a lifelong relationship, is very profound. "
Toni Collette
Relationship
Strength
Over
" 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. "
Toni Collette
Loving
Balance
Think
" Travelling's so much better when you know you've got a lovely home to go back to. "
Toni Collette
Home
Better
Back
" I'm not Buddhist, but I am drawn to it because it seems the most beneficial of organised religions and the most compassionate. "
Toni Collette
I Am
Because
Most
" 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. "
Toni Collette
America
Road
Overcoming
" 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. "
Toni Collette
Before
Like
Some
" 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. "
Toni Collette
Direction
Life
Know
" I hate sitting around labouring over things. I love just getting into it. "
Toni Collette
Sitting
Hate
Just
" I don't feel I owe anyone anything. "
Toni Collette
Feel
Anyone
Anything
" I've done a couple of films in Philadelphia, and it's a great, great town. "
Toni Collette
Great
Philadelphia
Town
" My face moves, unlike some actors' do. I guess it's kind of a response to what's happening internally. "
Toni Collette
Happening
Face
Response
" The one thing I want to do - and I am doing - is starting my own production company, for me to produce and direct in the future. Have a bit more say and control - become the storyteller more than just the character. I want to choose the story, plant the seed, and watch it grow. I just want to have a bit more involvement. "
Toni Collette
Story
Future
I Am
" Planning and worrying and chaos in your mind? Forget it. What's the point of that? "
Toni Collette
Chaos
Forget
Point
" The better you know yourself, the better your relationship with the rest of the world. "
Toni Collette
You
Yourself
Relationship