Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" Whether it's a movie I'm in or not, if there's a good movie, and it's low budget, and you know everyone's done it just because they were passionate about it and they cared for it, if it has any kind of audience, it's just a wonderful outcome. "

Related Quotes:

" 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. "

Toni Collette

Someone

Watch

" 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. "

" The people who are most attractive to me are those who feel most comfortable in their skin - there's a sense of self-acceptance. "

" Being in the desert was brilliant and it was hard. "

" I love rides. I'm such an immature person. "

" 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. "

" Meditation is an essential aspect of my life. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Planning and worrying and chaos in your mind? Forget it. What's the point of that? "

" I hate sitting around labouring over things. I love just getting into it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The potential strength of female friendship and the bonds that can be formed, especially over a lifelong relationship, is very profound. "

" I have to say, I feel really lucky. I've had a lot of great characters to play. "

" The better you know yourself, the better your relationship with the rest of the world. "

" I've been extremely happy and fortunate in terms of what I've achieved and the experiences I've been given. "

" Independent films have a certain freedom about them - there isn't so much at stake in terms of money. I think they're more interesting because they're not watered down to appeal to the masses. They tend to have a unique voice. "

" If I hadn't had acting, I would probably have imploded. "

" I try to play real people who inspire me through something in their journey. "

" My face moves, unlike some actors' do. I guess it's kind of a response to what's happening internally. "

" 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. "

Toni Collette

Need

Story

" I guess in Australia every film is sort of an indie film because there are no studios. "

" I can't imagine a world without music. "

" I grew up watching a lot of American television and so the American sound has been in my psyche somehow for a long time and is quite familiar and so that does make it easier. "

" Hal Ashby is one of my favorite filmmakers. "

" 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.' "

Toni Collette

Dancing

Father

" I've done a couple of films in Philadelphia, and it's a great, great town. "

" 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. "

" I love kids, so working with them wasn't a problem. "