Quotes from Toni Collette

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.

I love holidays. It's such a wonderful time for the whole family to be together and not have to worry about schedules and that kind of thing.

I'm not Buddhist, but I am drawn to it because it seems the most beneficial of organised religions and the most compassionate.

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.

Also, I think having a musicality about me that helps in identifying different things in languages and getting them right.

I can't imagine a world without music.

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

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.

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

I'm glad that it was so physical and so isolated.

Travelling's so much better when you know you've got a lovely home to go back to.

If I get dressed up, and my boyfriend says, 'You look gorgeous,' I kinda feel funny. I don't know if I'm particularly comfortable with being attractive.

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.

My life is fancy dress, so I prefer not to do it in my spare time.

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.

I believe in nurturing the inner world.

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

I don't mind where I work, it's really nice to be able to travel around and taste the flavours of different countries.

'Krampus' had a certain originality about it, so I jumped on board.

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.

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

I don't mind where I work, it's really nice to be able to travel around and taste the flavours of different countries.

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