“I wish I had more patience.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“I don't mind where I work, it's really nice to be able to travel around and taste the flavours of different countries.”

“I wish I had more patience.”

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

“I love holidays. It's such a wonderful time for the whole family to be together and not have to worry about schedules and that kind of thing.”