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" I've always been resistant to parties and schmoozing. "

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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. "

" 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. "

" When you're promoting a film it's really interesting trying to gauge what people think about it. "

" The majority of people who join law enforcement are doing it for good, moral reasons, but then there are the few who get through, where you go, 'Whoa, hold on a second. What's this guy doing here?' "

" I don't enjoy movies in 3D. I find I can't engage with the story as well. "

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

" 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. "

" Every time you say yes to a film there's a certain percentage of your yes that has to do with the director, a certain percentage to do with the story, a certain percentage with the character, the location, etc. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" The thrill of coming home has never changed. "

" 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 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. "

" If I'm exhausted, physically and particularly emotionally, I can't tell what's good and I can't tell what's bad and I'm useless. "

" 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. "

" Success comes in waves. "

" I don't believe in God, but the thing I do believe in is that we're all connected. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" You would think that with ten super-famous people in one movie, it's gonna be ten times more popular or viewed, but on some level, they can cancel each other out. "

" 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 grew up doing musicals. I've done so many musicals in my life, I kind of got them out of my system. But, I certainly would be open to them. Rocky Horror Show is a big favorite of mine. "

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

" It's hard to pinpoint why all of a sudden a group of Australian films will be doing well and why they perhaps are better made than some from the past. "

" You work on things and you have such faith in them while you're making them that everything feels special - in a way. "