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" The whole theatre world deeply attracts me. I love rehearsing and having time to make mistakes and laugh and discover things about yourself and other people - and the energy level is great. "

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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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" 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. "

" I have plenty to look forward to, I'm sure. "

" Sometimes, as a young woman, you are boxed in more to playing characters that are emotional and vulnerable. "

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

" People often say, 'I thought you were much taller.' So, I don't know. Maybe it's the way I stand or something. "

" I got into medicine at university, then deferred a year to see. Then I started acting and just never went back to university. "

" 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. "

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

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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. "

" 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. "

" I guess I find it easy to play uptight characters. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Sadly, my German is almost non-existent, although I did a little at school. "

" I was researching my family tree, and I was deeply hoping I was going to turn out to be Eastern European, but I'm not. "

" 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. "

" It's a little daunting coming on to work with actors that you respect so much. "

" Every director is completely different. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I think, with TV, you create kind of a family to work with. "

" I enjoyed playing someone who is a professional, intelligent, defined by her work and not her role as a wife or mother. "

" The guys on the stunt team are really fantastic. It's really funny, because for all the aggression they have to display on screen, they're actually really happy, good- natured people. "

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

Miranda Otto

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