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" The people who are most attractive to me are those who feel most comfortable in their skin - there's a sense of self-acceptance. "
Toni Collette
Skin
Who
Feel
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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 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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" I guess in Australia every film is sort of an indie film because there are no studios. "
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" The better you know yourself, the better your relationship with the rest of the world. "
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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 love kids, so working with them wasn't a problem. "
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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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" 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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" I believe in nurturing the inner world. "
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" I wish I had more patience. "
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Had
Wish
" An accent in a way can be an entry into a character. "
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Way
Entry
Accent
" Also, I think having a musicality about me that helps in identifying different things in languages and getting them right. "
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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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Me
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" Lars Von Trier is a genius. Every film he makes is so honest and powerful. "
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Powerful
Von
" My life is fancy dress, so I prefer not to do it in my spare time. "
Toni Collette
Fancy
Life
My Life
" 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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Love
Family
Feel
" If I hadn't had acting, I would probably have imploded. "
Toni Collette
Acting
Had
Would
" 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. "
Toni Collette
America
Road
Overcoming
" I've done a couple of films in Philadelphia, and it's a great, great town. "
Toni Collette
Great
Philadelphia
Town
" Planning and worrying and chaos in your mind? Forget it. What's the point of that? "
Toni Collette
Chaos
Forget
Point
" 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. "
Toni Collette
Direction
Life
Know
" I have trouble admitting I'm wrong. "
Toni Collette
Wrong
Trouble
Admitting
" 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
" 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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Voice
People
Finding
" I wouldn't play glamour for glamour. "
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Glamour
Play
" 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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Music
Love
" Travelling's so much better when you know you've got a lovely home to go back to. "
Toni Collette
Home
Better
Back
" 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 hate it when the mother is just the mother in movies. "
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Just
Mother
" I'm not Buddhist, but I am drawn to it because it seems the most beneficial of organised religions and the most compassionate. "
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