Quotes from Toni Collette

I wouldn't play glamour for glamour.

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.

I wish I had more patience.

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.'

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

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

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.

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.