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" 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. "
Toni Collette
Beauty
Great
Think
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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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" Cameron and I actually do wear the same size. It made it very easy for the wardrobe department. "
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" The better you know yourself, the better your relationship with the rest of the world. "
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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 find it strange that actors are on the covers of magazines. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" Planning and worrying and chaos in your mind? Forget it. What's the point of that? "
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" Meditation is an essential aspect of my life. "
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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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" I love rides. I'm such an immature person. "
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" 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. "
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I Am
" 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. "
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Important
Daily
" I guess in Australia every film is sort of an indie film because there are no studios. "
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Indie
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" 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. "
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Life
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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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" 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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Because
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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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Home
Better
Back
" 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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Family
Worry
Together
" 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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Change
Opportunity
" I don't feel I owe anyone anything. "
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Anything
" 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 wish I had more patience. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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" I believe the more important thing is your mind and your heart. Those two things are the most ignored parts of our beings. "
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" If I hadn't had acting, I would probably have imploded. "
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" I hate it when the mother is just the mother in movies. "
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