The better you know yourself, the better your relationship with the rest of the world.
My plan is to have no plan. If you know what plan you have, life has its own ideas and will take you in any direction it pleases. So my idea about life is to just be open to it and to go with the flow and go with my gut.
I want variety. I want versatility. Otherwise, I'm wasting the opportunity of being an actor, which is all about variation and change.
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 wish I had more patience.
I believe the more important thing is your mind and your heart. Those two things are the most ignored parts of our beings.
I don't feel I owe anyone anything.
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.
Hal Ashby is one of my favorite filmmakers.
Travelling's so much better when you know you've got a lovely home to go back to.
I hate sitting around labouring over things. I love just getting into it.
I love working. I love it! It makes me feel awake and alive and appreciative, as does my family, but in a different way. If I was told I couldn't do it, I think I would wither and die.
An accent in a way can be an entry into a character.
Planning and worrying and chaos in your mind? Forget it. What's the point of that?
Oh, I definitely want to direct. I have young children. My job is already big enough, and I imagine it will be even more so as a director, and I don't want to miss out on them growing up. I'm going to wait until they're a bit older before I leap into that seat.
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.'
The way a character looks reflects what's on the inside. I can make myself look really bad, and I can make myself look kind of gorgeous. It's not about me; it's about the character.
I think it's important to relax in general. I don't try to save up my relaxing for one month period of the year; it's kind of a daily practice that I've tried to remain aware of.
I can't imagine a world without music.
The potential strength of female friendship and the bonds that can be formed, especially over a lifelong relationship, is very profound.
