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" Yes, I like doing TV. I like the idea of going to work with the same people. "
Miranda Otto
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" Sadly, my German is almost non-existent, although I did a little at school. "
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" 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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" I got into medicine at university, then deferred a year to see. Then I started acting and just never went back to university. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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" That fascinated me. I used to watch all these operations on TV and thought it would be really cool to do that. "
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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 was cast in a film toward the end of high school. Even then, I wasn't sure. "
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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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" As your career goes on, you get to flex your brain a little more and play characters that are stronger and more intelligent. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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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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" Acting is bluffing, pretending to be something. "
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" I think you go through a period as a teenager of being quite cool and unaffected by things. "
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" It's good to see a man who isn't afraid to live out his masculinity. "
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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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" I love the Russians for their verve, their melancholia, their vivacity, their unpredictability, and their humour. "
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" I'd always had a big thing for the '60s. "
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" I think 'Rake' was a very clever crossover, actually, because it does lend itself to the city of L.A. "
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" I grew up seeing a lot of theatre, and it was theatre that really seduced me into acting - not film or television. "
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" 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. "
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" I guess I find it easy to play uptight characters. "
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" QVB have a long history of supporting Australian talent. "
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" England is very interested as well, and other countries if I could speak the languages! "
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" I think film likes me better than the theatre does for some reason. "
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" I enjoyed playing someone who is a professional, intelligent, defined by her work and not her role as a wife or mother. "
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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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" 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. "
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