Toni Collette Net Worth

Toni Collette's Quotes

• I'm an actor not a movie star. I prefer it that way. I think when you watch big stars on screen; it's really difficult to look beyond that very familiar persona. As an actor, you can play different characters and not be recognized. I know I've got parts that other bigger, more famous actors wanted. I think in some cases their fame is a hindrance because they're too identifiable.
• I'm very happy with my lot. I like the variety I get. You don't want to spend your life repeating yourself. It's true of any kind of artist, you want to explore as wide and far as you can go, so that's what I've been trying to do.
• My family, my relationships with my friends, my home and my music are the most important things in my life. I like being married, but it was never something I felt I had to do. Women in the States seem to think 'I gotta meet a man, I gotta get married'. I don't get that, I was getting on with my life and having a great time. I really did not expect to meet my husband and it was probably the best surprise of my life. It is everything, it's fun, comforting, it makes me feel so safe and centered.
• I don't know that I want to do it forever. When it gets too much, I just walk the beaches of Sydney and get calm again. You just grab your surfboard, splash in those waves and feel happy to be alive. That's what really matters.
• 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.

Interesting Facts about Toni Collette

1. Nominated for a 2000 Tony Award for her performance as "Queenie" in Michael John LaChiusa's musical "The Wild Party" on Broadway.
2. Gained 40 pounds in 7 weeks for Muriel's Wedding (1994) with the help of a dietitian.
3. Starred as Sonya in the Sydney Theatre Company's 1992 Production of Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya".
4. Though she vowed not to gain any more weight for movie roles, director Curtis Hanson convinced her to gain twenty-five pounds for her role in In Her Shoes (2005). She believed it was important to her character's personality.
5. Dropped out of Australia's NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Arts) in order to make her first film Spotswood (1991).
6. Toni sings with her band, called "The Finish", and her husband, Dave Galafassi, is the Drummer.
7. Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007.
8. Is only 11 years older than Paul Dano, who plays her son in Little Miss Sunshine (2006).
9. Gave birth to her daughter, Sage Florence Galafassi, by her husband Dave Galafassi, on 9 January 2008.
10. Played the mother for both Haley Joel Osment and Abigail Breslin in their Oscar nominated roles (The Sixth Sense (1999) and Little Miss Sunshine (2006)).
11. Strenuously campaigned for the role of Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) but ultimately lost it to Helena Bonham Carter.
12. She has shaved her head five times. Only once for a film though.8 ½ Women (1999).
13. Was romantically linked to actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers while the pair played a couple in Velvet Goldmine (1998).
14. Returned to work 9 months after giving birth to her daughter Sage in order to begin filming Mary and Max (2009).
15. Gave birth to her son, Arlo Robert Galafassi, with husband Dave Galafassi, in Australia (22 April 2011).
16. Was 5 months pregnant with her son Arlo when she completed filming on the third series of United States of Tara (2009).
17. Returned to work 3 months after giving birth to her son Arlo to begin filming Mental (2012).
18. Performs "Throw Your Arms Around Me", "Don't Dream It Over" and "Stand By Me" in the film, Cosi (1996).
19. As of 2014, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Sixth Sense (1999), The Hours (2002) and Little Miss Sunshine (2006).
20. On the set of United States of Tara (2009), in which she portrays a person with personality disorder, she once breastfed her three months old daughter, fully dressed as her male identity Buck.