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" 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. "

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Miranda Otto

Going

Family

Turn

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Miranda Otto

Why

Back

" If there is a book that the script came from you have to read it, you have to see what you can get out of it: mood, back story and things that may not even be in the film. They kick off your imagination and broaden the character, I think. "

" When I was younger, people would always say, 'Are you a ballet dancer?' I had that look - one of those skinny kids with my hair in a bun. "

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

Miranda Otto

Get

Stay

" When I was working on 'Homeland,' there was a consultant who helped me a lot... I went to Washington and met with my consultant there, and he actually organised a lunch with several people from the Intelligence Committee. "

Miranda Otto

Working

Lunch

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

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

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

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

" England is very interested as well, and other countries if I could speak the languages! "

" In Australia, it's people from Asian countries who most often recognise me. There are often people just looking at me at the supermarket, like they're shocked to think I would go to the supermarket. "

Miranda Otto

People

Looking

" I got into medicine at university, then deferred a year to see. Then I started acting and just never went back to university. "

" Acting is bluffing, pretending to be something. "

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

Miranda Otto

Same

Doing

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

" I really like research. "

Miranda Otto

Really

Research

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

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

" 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 love buildings that aren't purpose-built. "

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

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

" Sadly, my German is almost non-existent, although I did a little at school. "

" 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. "