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" Planning and worrying and chaos in your mind? Forget it. What's the point of that? "
Toni Collette
Chaos
Forget
Point
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" The better you know yourself, the better your relationship with the rest of the world. "
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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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" I guess in Australia every film is sort of an indie film because there are no studios. "
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" I try to play real people who inspire me through something in their journey. "
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" There are actors who are really fantastically talented at being natural on screen and appearing to be themselves, but I like the challenge of becoming somebody else. "
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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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" 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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" Cameron and I actually do wear the same size. It made it very easy for the wardrobe department. "
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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
" Being in the desert was brilliant and it was hard. "
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Desert
Hard
" I have trouble admitting I'm wrong. "
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" Lars Von Trier is a genius. Every film he makes is so honest and powerful. "
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" I have to say, I feel really lucky. I've had a lot of great characters to play. "
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Feel
Great
" I think being the conventional beauty is limiting, so I'm glad I'm not that. If I looked different, I wouldn't have the great opportunities I've had. "
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Great
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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've done a couple of films in Philadelphia, and it's a great, great town. "
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Great
Philadelphia
Town
" 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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Over
Candle
I Am
" I just want to find some inner peace, and I think I'm getting there, slowly but surely. "
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Find
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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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Face
Response
" 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
" If I hadn't had acting, I would probably have imploded. "
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Acting
Had
Would
" 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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Before
Like
Some
" I hate sitting around labouring over things. I love just getting into it. "
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Hate
Just
" 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
Time
Winter
" 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 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'm glad that it was so physical and so isolated. "
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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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" 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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