Toni Collette Quotes

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

A life without glitter is no life at all.

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

Being in the desert was brilliant and it was hard.

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

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

An accent in a way can be an entry into a character.

I really believe in a oneness. So if I'm looking at somebody else, it's not in a narcissistic way, but you're kind of seeing yourself.

My life is as good as an Abba song. It’s as good as Dancing Queen.

We're all really happy with what's familiar. But what's inevitable in life is change. That's what life is.

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

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.

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.

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

I like being married, but it was never something I felt I had to do.

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.

Sometimes it was so quiet, its frightening. It really prioritizes things.

It's strange, because it seems that society is kind of promoting or nurturing this kind of ostracized existence. People are kind of very much in their own little worlds.

I think as with everything in life you've got to follow your gut. If you believe it wholeheartedly, then it's not going to feel like you're kind of pasting on an idea.

I've never really been a fan of violence.

It's a funny time, but I'm sure in any time you live in, you'd consider it funny because life is change and it'll just keep doing that. It's a matter of embracing it or not.

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

I personally kind of yearn to play characters who are complex and who strike a truthful chord in me and who are challenged in some way and, I guess, who kind of move through those challenges.

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.

I think it's exciting to see actors do new things.

I've never really been a fan of violence. I'm more into the characters and their journey and those kinds of movies don't really allow for that. It's a different focus.

What I do affects others; what others do affects me.

I think the most interesting thing about any story is how people change. That's usually a struggle, because change is pretty much an uncomfortable thing.

To me, there are so many different things to believe in, but I think ultimately we're all energy and that energy keeps changing.

I just want to find some inner peace, and I think I'm getting there, slowly but surely.

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 wish I had more patience.

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.

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