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" I have plenty to look forward to, I'm sure. "
Miranda Otto
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" That fascinated me. I used to watch all these operations on TV and thought it would be really cool to do that. "
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" There are so many successful women working in intelligence, but it's still seen as a male-dominated world. "
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" I really like research. "
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" I'd always had a big thing for the '60s. "
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" People often say, 'I thought you were much taller.' So, I don't know. Maybe it's the way I stand or something. "
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" 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. "
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" I grew up seeing a lot of theatre, and it was theatre that really seduced me into acting - not film or television. "
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" Every director is completely different. "
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Every
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" Acting is a freelance career... you never stop having to prove yourself and fight for work. "
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" You are being hit with tabloid-journalism bi-lines of what you are doing because you have suddenly become a star. "
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" 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. "
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Election
" You do remember things that people say in movies. You remember particular lines and things that are funny. But, you also remember really strong images. Images have a way of bypassing your brain and hitting you emotionally. "
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People
Funny
Remember
" Acting is bluffing, pretending to be something. "
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Pretending
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" 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. "
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Daughter
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You
" 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. "
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" There are some great women's roles in television... so much more interesting than what I was reading in film scripts. "
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Women
Interesting
Great
" I guess I find it easy to play uptight characters. "
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Guess
Characters
Play
" It is hard sometimes to see how other actors are working when you are working with them. "
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How
Hard
See
" 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. "
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Hair
People
Say
" I think, with TV, you create kind of a family to work with. "
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Family
Kind
Create
" 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. "
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" The detective genre is not easy because you've got to get to a conclusion that is unexpected. "
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" Sitting down for the actor read when you first get together, it's like the Last Supper because you don't know who will be there for the next read. "
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" 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. "
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Young
Work
Time
" I haven't found the experience of being hot very great. It usually means you are about to be overexposed. I would rather be respected. "
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Experience
" 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. "
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