Toni Collette

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

“The one thing I want to do - and I am doing - is starting my own production company, for me to produce and direct in the future. Have a bit more say and control - become the storyteller more than just the character. I want to choose the story, plant the seed, and watch it grow. I just want to have a bit more involvement.”

“I wish I had more patience.”

“I prefer comedies when they come from a dark kind of place and have a reality to it.”

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

“If I hadn't had acting, I would probably have imploded.”

“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.”

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

“I want variety. I want versatility. Otherwise, I'm wasting the opportunity of being an actor, which is all about variation and change.”

“Being in the desert was brilliant and it was hard.”

“I've done a couple of films in Philadelphia, and it's a great, great town.”

“I hate it when the mother is just the mother in movies.”

“I'm a fan of music, some rock music. But I like many types of music. But I suppose a kind of longstanding love of specific bands would be Radiohead, Wilco, Neil Young, Tom Waits, REM.”

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

“I find it strange that actors are on the covers of magazines.”

“When I watch a movie, someone's beauty isn't what engages me: it's what's going on internally. And I imagine it's what the audience thinks, too.”

“Whether it's a movie I'm in or not, if there's a good movie, and it's low budget, and you know everyone's done it just because they were passionate about it and they cared for it, if it has any kind of audience, it's just a wonderful outcome.”

“To be able to create a character and tell a story is a crazy way to make a living. I feel so lucky to be able to do this.”

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

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