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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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" There are so many things from movies that are remembered, that are just looks on people's faces or incredible vistas or beautiful pictures. That is a very important part of cinema. "

Miranda Otto

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" 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! "

" There's a film I did years ago, 'Love Serenade,' that I still really love. It's such an oddball sense of humor. It was a really special film for me when I did it. "

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

" 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. "

" I love buildings that aren't purpose-built. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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

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You

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

" 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. "

Miranda Otto

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Lunch

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I really like research. "

Miranda Otto

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Research

" 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. "

" QVB have a long history of supporting Australian talent. "

" I think 'Rake' was a very clever crossover, actually, because it does lend itself to the city of L.A. "

" 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 was cast in a film toward the end of high school. Even then, I wasn't sure. "

" 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. "

" It's good to see a man who isn't afraid to live out his masculinity. "

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

" Acting is bluffing, pretending to be something. "

" I'm so fair that I didn't go in the sun as a child. When all my friends were on the beach, I was going to ballet. The teachers there didn't like you going in the sun, so I never did. "

" 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. "

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

" 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! "