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" 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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Everything

" 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 really like research. "

Miranda Otto

Really

Research

" That is definitely something that I feel more comfortable with now. When I did 'Lord of the Rings,' it was something I wasn't quite prepared for, I didn't know how to deal with that sort of attention, and I kind of shied away from that, but I'm better at dealing with that now - a lot better. "

" 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. "

" 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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Any time you have intimacy with someone, there is something between them. "

" I think you go through a period as a teenager of being quite cool and unaffected by things. "

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

" 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! "

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

" I love the Russians for their verve, their melancholia, their vivacity, their unpredictability, and their humour. "

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

" 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. "

" Writers would hate me saying this, and I love words, but I have to say that cinema exists, on one level, for the power of the big image and what that image does. "

" That fascinated me. I used to watch all these operations on TV and thought it would be really cool to do that. "

Miranda Otto

Cool

Thought

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

" 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. "

" As your career goes on, you get to flex your brain a little more and play characters that are stronger and more intelligent. "

Miranda Otto

Play

You

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

" 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. "

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

" Acting is a freelance career... you never stop having to prove yourself and fight for work. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "