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" 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. "

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Miranda Otto

Daughter

Yourself

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. "

Miranda Otto

Why

Back

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" Usually, I end up looking for something completely different to who I last played. But there is just a spark that's lit when I read a script or character I want to play. "

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

Miranda Otto

Same

Doing

" I really enjoy playing intelligent characters. I'm more interested in that than just emotional kind of Mum characters. "

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

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

Miranda Otto

Theatre

Think

" It's good to see a man who isn't afraid to live out his masculinity. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It's a career that's enticing because you go on stage, for example, and people clap. You get that affirmation, but you can't go into acting for that because it's really your own self-belief that's going to get you through. "

" There are so many things from movies that are remembered, that are just looks on people's faces or incredible vistas or beautiful pictures. That is a very important part of cinema. "

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

Miranda Otto

Get

Stay

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I grew up seeing a lot of theatre, and it was theatre that really seduced me into acting - not film or television. "

Miranda Otto

Acting

Seeing

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

" I think most big stars do have just a certain amount of mystery; you don't know everything. "

" Generally, with films, what tends to happen is that a few people get a lot of momentum out of it, and a lot of people don't. "

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