Toni Collette
Toni Collette
Toni Colletteis an Australian actress and musician, known for her acting work on stage, television, and film as well as a secondary career as the lead singer of the band Toni Collette & the Finish. She is a recipient of the Emmy and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, and has been nominated for both an Academy Award and a Tony Award...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth1 November 1972
CountryAustralia
thinking actors exciting
I think it's exciting to see actors do new things.
kids thinking appreciate
As far as kids go, at an early age they have to develop a sense of individuality. It's just something that everyone goes through. But I think the older I get, the more I appreciate the fact that we really are just so connected.
believe thinking ideas
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.
thinking way japanese-culture
I think that the Japanese culture is one of the very few cultures left that is its own entity. They're just so traditional and so specific in their ways. It's kind of untouched, it's not Americanized.
character thinking play
I think I'm true to myself - you hear that actors have like plans. I'm gonna do this type of movie, then I'm gonna play this kind of character, and that'll get me from A to B. I've never done that. I honestly just follow my gut and I don't think you can go wrong with that.
thinking different helping
Also, I think having a musicality about me that helps in identifying different things in languages and getting them right.
struggle thinking interesting
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.
live-life character thinking
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.
thinking other-worlds interesting
I don't understand why I do what I do. I don't understand why I act anymore. But I do know that I love it, and that I find it really interesting and satisfying to enter into other worlds and explore different ways of thinking.
believe thinking energy
To me, there are so many different things to believe in, but I think ultimately we're all energy and that energy keeps changing.
appears both coming girls journey learn learning similar though
Both of the girls learn about how the other lives, learning about how the other person is in their shoes. Also the journey they're both going on, even though it appears to be different, is very similar in that they're coming to learn how to be in their own shoes.
bigger filming handful job somehow
I was over the moon. I know it's just a job, but it's become one of a handful of filming experiences which has become somehow bigger and more important in my life.
expected
I expected her to be a little more airy-fairy, but she's not. She's really grounded. She's a very matter-of-fact person, actually,
disappear endearing everybody filled fresh knew rose saw
We saw everybody you can think of. But Toni was always the one in my mind. I knew she could disappear into this part, make it fresh and, at the same time, make Rose endearing even while she's filled with self-loathing.