Happy Birthday: Toni Collette

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tonicollette.jpgToni Collette

Born: November 1, 1972 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Married to:
Dave Galafassi (11 January 2003 – present) (2 children)

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.

The Sixth Sense
1999
dir. M. Night Shyamalan
Cast
Bruce Willis
Haley Joel Osment		MOVIE POSTERFRIGHT NIGHT
dir. Craig Gillespie
Stars:
Anton Yelchin
Colin Farrell
MENTAL
2013
dir. P.J. Hogan
Stars:
Toni Collette
Anthony LaPaglia		LITTLE MISS SUNSHINELittle Miss Sunshine
2006
dir. Jonathan Dayton
Valerie Faris
Starring
Abigail Breslin
Greg Kinnear
MOVIE POSTERTHE WAY WAY BACK
2013
dir. Nat Faxon
Jim Rash

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By femalefilmfestival

The irony of this festival is that its goal is to not be around in 5 years time. To eventually not be relevant because there is zero need to have a festival geared for female talent and female stories because the stories presented in Hollywood and around the world are a balanced showcase of the human experience from both sexes. Our goal is to achieve a lot of success and then fold into oblivion simply because there is no need for this festival. This festival was created by the FEEDBACK Film & Writing Festival as a simple reaction to a strong need to showcase female talent from around the world in a more profound way. When putting together the weekly festival, the administration noticed a lack of a female presence in the stories being shown at the festival. A classic example and analogy to the frustration is how the festival noticed that even the smaller roles in a screenplay were written for a man to play. There was zero reason for this in many stories. How a police officer, or a political campaign manager, for example with 3-4 lines in a screenplay was a "HE" character. Why? And these are the screenplays written by the winners! The talented one who have obtained agents and have began/beginning their careers as a writer.

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