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" I love the Russians for their verve, their melancholia, their vivacity, their unpredictability, and their humour. "
Miranda Otto
Humour
Unpredictability
Russians
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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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" Soho House is normally a private-members club, but the Berlin one has a hotel open to the public. Many beautiful rooms in a cool location, and who knows who you'll run into in the lobby! "
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" I think film likes me better than the theatre does for some reason. "
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" 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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" It's a little daunting coming on to work with actors that you respect so much. "
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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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" I think, with TV, you create kind of a family to work with. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I love buildings that aren't purpose-built. "
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" I think most big stars do have just a certain amount of mystery; you don't know everything. "
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" My parents split up when I was young, and they are still good friends. I think it's often projected that these things have to be so acrimonious. It's so often not the case. "
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Good
" 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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Me
Seeing
" I think that's the kind of women that people are interested in. They're interested in strong women characters who are stronger than the male characters sometimes, in some ways. That's what's interesting and attractive about women. "
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Think
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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See
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" Certain characters get to me and stay with me for a while. "
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Me
" I really like research. "
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" It is hard sometimes to see how other actors are working when you are working with them. "
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" I got into medicine at university, then deferred a year to see. Then I started acting and just never went back to university. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" In the past, I was always drawn to really quirky, idiosyncratic characters. "
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" QVB have a long history of supporting Australian talent. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" Sadly, my German is almost non-existent, although I did a little at school. "
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