132 Quotes by Toni Collette

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

People are so fearful about opening themselves up. All you want to do is to be able to connect with other people. When you connect with other people, you connect with something in yourself. It makes you feel happy. And yet it's so scary, it makes people feel vulnerable and unsafe.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.