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" Sometimes, as a young woman, you are boxed in more to playing characters that are emotional and vulnerable. "
Miranda Otto
Young
Sometimes
Woman
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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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Career
" 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 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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" 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
Women
" 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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Lot
Out
Get
" 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
First Time
Africa
" It's a little daunting coming on to work with actors that you respect so much. "
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You
Respect
Work
" I always feel this huge responsibility to the script when it arrives, keeping it confidential. "
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Responsibility
Always
Script
" 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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Good
Me
" 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. "
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You
Character
Book
" I think 'Rake' was a very clever crossover, actually, because it does lend itself to the city of L.A. "
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Think
Clever
I Think
" Every director is completely different. "
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Director
Every
Different
" I really enjoy playing intelligent characters. I'm more interested in that than just emotional kind of Mum characters. "
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Intelligent
Kind
Emotional
" 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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Time
Lord
Big
" 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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Work
Great
City
" 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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Saying
Risks
You
" I worry about my sides. I worry where everything goes. I worry that I'm going to be the leak. I give all my scripts back! "
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Sides
Back
Everything
" England is very interested as well, and other countries if I could speak the languages! "
Miranda Otto
Speak
Well
England
" 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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Get Together
Know
Together
" 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
" I love buildings that aren't purpose-built. "
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Buildings
I Love
Love
" 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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Thought
You
" 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
" 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. "
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Looking
Play
Spark
" I really like research. "
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Really
Research
Like
" 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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People
Easy
Yourself
" 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. "
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Performance
Trying
Find
" I think you go through a period as a teenager of being quite cool and unaffected by things. "
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Cool
You
Think
" I find, in film, we're always making things and having these intense friendships and then losing track of people. When I first start a job, I'm quite nervous, and it takes me a while to find my place, and then it feels like I'm just really loving it and feeling great, and it's all over. "
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Job
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