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" I've done a couple of films in Philadelphia, and it's a great, great town. "
Toni Collette
Great
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Town
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" I really only take roles that I love and that I have some kind of innate compulsion or need to tell that story. Although it's almost like I have no control over it. It's like they choose me. "
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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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" I just want to find some inner peace, and I think I'm getting there, slowly but surely. "
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" Meditation is an essential aspect of my life. "
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" If I hadn't had acting, I would probably have imploded. "
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" I don't mind where I work, it's really nice to be able to travel around and taste the flavours of different countries. "
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" I have trouble admitting I'm wrong. "
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" I like being married, but it was never something I felt I had to do. "
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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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" An accent in a way can be an entry into a character. "
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" 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. "
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" I love rides. I'm such an immature person. "
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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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" I hate sitting around labouring over things. I love just getting into it. "
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" I try to play real people who inspire me through something in their journey. "
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" I find it strange that actors are on the covers of magazines. "
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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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Important
Daily
" 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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" I can't imagine a world without music. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" I think when I was younger, I used to sort of long to be a part of films that were really gritty and hardcore in a way. "
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" The potential strength of female friendship and the bonds that can be formed, especially over a lifelong relationship, is very profound. "
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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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" 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 think there's an inevitable fact that I somehow absorb part of what I'm doing, because that's what you're constantly thinking about, and that's what's in your veins, and that's what you get up at 4:30 in the morning for and fall into bed after. "
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