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Miranda Otto

Profession : Actress

Birth : December 16, 1967

As actors, we are accustomed to moving around, and it's always great to live and work in a city - you feel like you are truly living a life there.

Miranda Otto

There are some great women's roles in television... so much more interesting than what I was reading in film scripts.

Miranda Otto

It's a little daunting coming on to work with actors that you respect so much.

Miranda Otto

I grew up seeing a lot of theatre, and it was theatre that really seduced me into acting - not film or television.

Miranda Otto

The whole theatre world deeply attracts me. I love rehearsing and having time to make mistakes and laugh and discover things about yourself and other people - and the energy level is great.

Miranda Otto

I love the Russians for their verve, their melancholia, their vivacity, their unpredictability, and their humour.

Miranda Otto

I was researching my family tree, and I was deeply hoping I was going to turn out to be Eastern European, but I'm not.

Miranda Otto

Yes, I like doing TV. I like the idea of going to work with the same people.

Miranda Otto

I find, in film, we're always making things and having these intense friendships and then losing track of people. When I first start a job, I'm quite nervous, and it takes me a while to find my place, and then it feels like I'm just really loving it and feeling great, and it's all over.

Miranda Otto

I think, with TV, you create kind of a family to work with.

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There's a film I did years ago, 'Love Serenade,' that I still really love. It's such an oddball sense of humor. It was a really special film for me when I did it.

Miranda Otto

Premieres are pretty fun, but probably the most fun was when I went to see 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,' and I'd just flown in from Africa, and I hadn't even seen the movie yet. So, the first time I saw it was at the premiere. It was really fun.

Miranda Otto

People often say, 'I thought you were much taller.' So, I don't know. Maybe it's the way I stand or something.

Miranda Otto

I think most big stars do have just a certain amount of mystery; you don't know everything.

Miranda Otto

I tend to not think about the kind of movie things I want to be doing, because I've worked in all sorts of different places, and I've spent all sorts of time in England, and I'd still do things in Australia and in America.

Miranda Otto

Usually, I end up looking for something completely different to who I last played. But there is just a spark that's lit when I read a script or character I want to play.

Miranda Otto

Alison Carr on 'Homeland.' She was such great character to play, so clever and full of surprises. I was sad to see her go.

Miranda Otto

QVB have a long history of supporting Australian talent.

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I enjoyed playing someone who is a professional, intelligent, defined by her work and not her role as a wife or mother.

Miranda Otto

Certain characters get to me and stay with me for a while.

Miranda Otto