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" I'm interested in the psychological exploration of human nature, and it just happens to come in the form of film-making. "

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" 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. "

" I've been asked to do action-oriented movies in the past and they just haven't been right for me. "

" The movie industry is very competitive, and if you're like me and you suffer from your own insecurities about whether or not you're any good, that can be troubling. "

" 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 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. "

" 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.' "

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

" 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 suffer from overheating quite easily. "

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

" I'm constantly trying to be as original as I can. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" A lot of people are going to hate me for saying this, but one of my least favorite kinds of music, or the kind of music that I feel I've so got out of my system, is musicals music. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Having a partner who has nothing to do with Hollywood helps keep things in perspective. "

" I wish I had the ability to crack wise, generally. You know, without getting punched. There's no way I could do it while getting beaten up. Definitely. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I don't feel I'm making a conscious effort to go more commercial. "

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

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

" I'll have a different answer tomorrow that I do today. "

" I feel I do my best work when it's all there on the page, and I feel that the character is very vivid as I read the script and I'm not having to create stuff and trying to cobble together something. If I have to do that, then I don't entirely trust what I'm doing. "

" I went through a period where I just wanted to punch everybody. Since then, I've had a lot of therapy and I've figured a lot of things out. "

" 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. "