Miranda Otto Quotes

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Miranda Otto

Profession : Actress

Birth : December 16, 1967

Acting is bluffing, pretending to be something.

Miranda Otto

The detective genre is not easy because you've got to get to a conclusion that is unexpected.

Miranda Otto

I think 'Rake' was a very clever crossover, actually, because it does lend itself to the city of L.A.

Miranda Otto

That is definitely something that I feel more comfortable with now. When I did 'Lord of the Rings,' it was something I wasn't quite prepared for, I didn't know how to deal with that sort of attention, and I kind of shied away from that, but I'm better at dealing with that now - a lot better.

Miranda Otto

In everything I do, I like to set the idea for girls that they can do anything. I was really moved by Hillary Clinton's speech when she lost the election - she didn't want young girls to feel like it wasn't possible and wanted them to know a female president will eventually happen. That's important.

Miranda Otto

There are so many successful women working in intelligence, but it's still seen as a male-dominated world.

Miranda Otto

I've been on shows where they're just setting it up, and they're trying to find the tone of the writing and performance. That's always a really chaotic period on shows.

Miranda Otto

It's so great to come in and do something where you know how strong the format of the show is and you're working with writers and directors who worked on the original show. It feels like you're going into a well-run ship already. Then it's just a matter of creating these new characters.

Miranda Otto

That fascinated me. I used to watch all these operations on TV and thought it would be really cool to do that.

Miranda Otto

I was cast in a film toward the end of high school. Even then, I wasn't sure.

Miranda Otto

I ask myself, 'What is the value of acting and the attention that actors get? And yet there are so many people in the world doing incredible things for mankind, and they don't get much attention.' I do question about that, but I don't think I would've been a great doctor. I think I would've been a good surgeon. That fascinated me.

Miranda Otto

Sometimes, as a young woman, you are boxed in more to playing characters that are emotional and vulnerable.

Miranda Otto

I have been really lucky to play roles younger than myself for most of my career.

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As your career goes on, you get to flex your brain a little more and play characters that are stronger and more intelligent.

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In the past, I was always drawn to really quirky, idiosyncratic characters.

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I always feel this huge responsibility to the script when it arrives, keeping it confidential.

Miranda Otto

I worry about my sides. I worry where everything goes. I worry that I'm going to be the leak. I give all my scripts back!

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I really like research.

Miranda Otto

I just feel like TV takes more risks than film. Film has gotten very safe: it's very compartmentalized about what type of things will be successful. And whereas in TV, since all these new platforms opened, they're saying to writers, go out there, write the most different show that you can write. Write something that's really original and different.

Miranda Otto