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"I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre."
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"A theater person should know what holds an audience and what does not."

"I don't like sitting around in my dressing room very much. It feels a lot like theater."

"My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces."

"Also watching a movie on DVD is different than watching it in the theater."

"I joined Tommy Dorsey at the Paramount Theater in New York as a singer. I replaced Frank Sinatra."

"We may have limped onto Broadway as the underdogs, but underdogs bite back occasionally."

"I always go back to theatre. It's probably where I'll draw my last breath."
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"I live my life parallel with my work, and they are both equally important. I'm always amazed how much people talk about celebrity and fame. I don't understand the attraction."

"Actresses can get outrageously precious about the way they look. That's not what life's about. If you starve yourself to the point where your brain cells shrivel, you will never do good work. And if you're overly conscious of your arms flapping in the wind, how can you look the other actor in the eye to respond to them?"

"I don't have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You'd be surprised at the lack of competition between nominees - I think a lot of it's imposed from the outside. Can I have my champagne now?"

"You can't be trying to make a film that pleases all people, you know, so it's not a concern of mine."

"You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit scary, actually."

"Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind eye to them."

"It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career."

"It's important to travel and move and have a continual set of experiences so you've got more to feed back into your work. For me, it's a natural thing."

"If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state."

"I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's just unfolding before me."
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