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" I wish I had more patience. "
Toni Collette
Patience
Had
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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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" 'Krampus' had a certain originality about it, so I jumped on board. "
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" I've done a couple of films in Philadelphia, and it's a great, great town. "
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" 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. "
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Long
" Planning and worrying and chaos in your mind? Forget it. What's the point of that? "
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" I have to say, I feel really lucky. I've had a lot of great characters to play. "
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" I like being married, but it was never something I felt I had to do. "
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" The way a character looks reflects what's on the inside. I can make myself look really bad, and I can make myself look kind of gorgeous. It's not about me; it's about the character. "
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" I love rides. I'm such an immature person. "
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" An accent in a way can be an entry into a character. "
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Accent
" 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'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. "
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Love
" 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. "
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Before
Like
Some
" I just want to find some inner peace, and I think I'm getting there, slowly but surely. "
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Find
Think
" Also, I think having a musicality about me that helps in identifying different things in languages and getting them right. "
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Things
Think
Different
" Cameron and I actually do wear the same size. It made it very easy for the wardrobe department. "
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Made
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" 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. "
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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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Direction
Life
Know
" Hal Ashby is one of my favorite filmmakers. "
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Hal
Favorite
Filmmakers
" To be able to create a character and tell a story is a crazy way to make a living. I feel so lucky to be able to do this. "
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Character
Story
Create
" My life is fancy dress, so I prefer not to do it in my spare time. "
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Life
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" 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. "
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" I believe in nurturing the inner world. "
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" Meditation is an essential aspect of my life. "
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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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" 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 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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" 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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