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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. "
Toni Collette
Over
Candle
I Am
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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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" 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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" 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 don't feel I owe anyone anything. "
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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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" I can't imagine a world without music. "
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" I've never had a game plan. It's just if something comes along and it feels right in the moment. "
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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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" Planning and worrying and chaos in your mind? Forget it. What's the point of that? "
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Forget
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" I think that the Japanese culture is one of the very few cultures left that is its own entity. They're just so traditional and so specific in their ways. It's kind of untouched, it's not Americanized. "
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" I wouldn't play glamour for glamour. "
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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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Me
" 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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People
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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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Happy
Yourself
You
" I like being married, but it was never something I felt I had to do. "
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Being
Like
Married
" 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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Bad
I Can
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" I find it strange that actors are on the covers of magazines. "
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Covers
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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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Relax
Important
Daily
" 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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Me
Dancing
Father
" I've been extremely happy and fortunate in terms of what I've achieved and the experiences I've been given. "
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Happy
Been
Experiences
" Travelling's so much better when you know you've got a lovely home to go back to. "
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Better
Back
" I love rides. I'm such an immature person. "
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Rides
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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 believe in nurturing the inner world. "
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" I hate it when the mother is just the mother in movies. "
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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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" 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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" Meditation is an essential aspect of my life. "
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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
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