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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. "
Miranda Otto
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" 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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" England is very interested as well, and other countries if I could speak the languages! "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" It's a little daunting coming on to work with actors that you respect so much. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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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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" There are so many successful women working in intelligence, but it's still seen as a male-dominated world. "
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" In the past, I was always drawn to really quirky, idiosyncratic characters. "
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" 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. "
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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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