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" 'Krampus' had a certain originality about it, so I jumped on board. "
Toni Collette
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" Being in the desert was brilliant and it was hard. "
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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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" 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 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 like being married, but it was never something I felt I had to do. "
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" My 20s were totally bonkers. I was living out of a suitcase and burning the candle at both ends. But I tell you - I am totally over it. "
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" When I look at a character, I never look at the size of the role. I always look at the whole person, no matter how much they're featured in the movie. "
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" My face moves, unlike some actors' do. I guess it's kind of a response to what's happening internally. "
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" I hate sitting around labouring over things. I love just getting into it. "
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Sitting
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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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Someone
Me
Watch
" 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 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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Opportunity
" I love rides. I'm such an immature person. "
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Person
" An accent in a way can be an entry into a character. "
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Way
Entry
Accent
" 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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" If I hadn't had acting, I would probably have imploded. "
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Had
Would
" I try to play real people who inspire me through something in their journey. "
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Try
Play
" I guess in Australia every film is sort of an indie film because there are no studios. "
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Australia
Indie
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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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Heart
Important
Mind
" I have trouble admitting I'm wrong. "
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Wrong
Trouble
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" I kind of realized I could sing, so I played around with that for a while. And that led me to acting in itself, which I came more passionate about by the age of 15. "
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Passionate
More
Me
" Sometimes it was so quiet, it's frightening. It really prioritizes things. "
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Sometimes
Things
Quiet
" 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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People
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" Hal Ashby is one of my favorite filmmakers. "
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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 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 wouldn't play glamour for glamour. "
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" The better you know yourself, the better your relationship with the rest of the world. "
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" Oh, I definitely want to direct. I have young children. My job is already big enough, and I imagine it will be even more so as a director, and I don't want to miss out on them growing up. I'm going to wait until they're a bit older before I leap into that seat. "
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Wait
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Enough
" We were just covered in dirt the whole time. It was so hot - and that was in winter. I can not imagine what it's like in summer and how the people who actually live out there survive. "
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Summer
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