Miranda Otto Quotes

The guys on the stunt team are really fantastic. It's really funny, because for all the aggression they have to display on screen, they're actually really happy, good- natured people.

Every director is completely different.

I hate being pigeon-holed into anything. To me, the best thing is when the next job comes and is completely different to the one that I just had.

Around the time of 'The Lord of the Rings,' it was a shock to me just how big it is to be on that kind of media juggernaut. It was a big thing and the scrutiny was shocking.

I'm so fair that I didn't go in the sun as a child. When all my friends were on the beach, I was going to ballet. The teachers there didn't like you going in the sun, so I never did.

I'd always had a big thing for the '60s.

Writers would hate me saying this, and I love words, but I have to say that cinema exists, on one level, for the power of the big image and what that image does.

Some scripts you read and say, 'I've just got to do this' and you find a way of making it work. Some things you turn down because of the impact on family.

Acting is a freelance career... you never stop having to prove yourself and fight for work.

I think you go through a period as a teenager of being quite cool and unaffected by things.

It is hard sometimes to see how other actors are working when you are working with them.

I think film likes me better than the theatre does for some reason.

You are being hit with tabloid-journalism bi-lines of what you are doing because you have suddenly become a star.

Theres such big pressure on people who are incredibly famous, on those who have people sitting outside their front door and taking photos every time they move.

Young actors are serious about their work and don't take any time out from it. I'm very serious about my work; there are probably only two films I've done where I had a really good time.

As an actor, I would call it a role where you get to stretch out a bit.

You can make the best show in the world, but if people don't actually turn it on and see it, they'll never know it's the best show.

Whenever I mention Greg Kinnear's name to anyone, they always say, "Oh, love him!" He's a really terrific actor, and very funny.

Everyone says you should get a photo taken of yourself while you're pregnant. I've got a film [War of the Worlds]. It'll be nice for my daughter, too, to look at one day. She was in it.

I've made my peace with being in the spotlight, definitely.

I like working intensely, then going away and thinking about it, working out why it didn't work and then coming back to it. It makes the work richer, I think.

It could be a stupid thing to say, but people should realize that it is easy to get concerned about yourself and to lose contact.

With TV, the most important thing is just to get people to turn it on.

I have plenty to look forward to, I'm sure.

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

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

There's such big pressure on people who are incredibly famous, on those who have people sitting outside their front door and taking photos every time they move.

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.