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Miranda Otto
Australian
Actress
Born:
Dec 16
,
1967
Great
Me
People
Think
Work
You
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Acting is a freelance career... you never stop having to prove yourself and fight for work.
Miranda Otto
Work
You
Fight
Yourself
Freelance
Having
Never
Never Stop
Prove
Stop
Acting
Career
I think you go through a period as a teenager of being quite cool and unaffected by things.
Miranda Otto
You
Think
Teen
Teenager
Unaffected
Through
Period
Go
Quite
Being
Cool
Things
It's good to see a man who isn't afraid to live out his masculinity.
Miranda Otto
Good
Man
Live
Out
See
Masculinity
His
Afraid
Who
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.
Miranda Otto
Good
Parents
Young
Good Friends
Think
Projected
Case
Split
Still
Up
Friends
Often
Things
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
You
Stronger
Characters
More
Brain
Intelligent
Get
Goes
Little
Your
Play
Career
It is hard sometimes to see how other actors are working when you are working with them.
Miranda Otto
You
Sometimes
Other
See
How
Them
Working
Hard
Actor
I think film likes me better than the theatre does for some reason.
Miranda Otto
Me
Theatre
Better
Think
Some
Likes
Does
Than
Reason
Film
Every director is completely different.
Miranda Otto
Director
Every
Different
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.
Miranda Otto
You
People
Example
Own
Stage
Clap
Enticing
Through
For Example
Because
Go
Affirmation
Get
Going
Really
Acting
Your
Career
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.
Miranda Otto
Work
Family
You
Down
Way
Say
Find
Impact
Some
Some Things
Read
Because
Got
Making
Just
Scripts
Turn
Things
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.
Miranda Otto
Great
You
Experience
Respected
Would
About
Rather
Hot
Very
Being
Means
Found
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.
Miranda Otto
You
Together
Will
First
Down
Supper
Like
Know
Read
Because
Get
Get Together
Sitting
Next
Who
Actor
Last
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!
Miranda Otto
Beautiful
You
Club
Lobby
Location
Berlin
Run
Open
Hotel
House
Knows
Normally
Public
Rooms
Who
Cool
Many
I guess I find it easy to play uptight characters.
Miranda Otto
Guess
Characters
Easy
Find
Uptight
Play
Any time you have intimacy with someone, there is something between them.
Miranda Otto
Time
You
Intimacy
Someone
Something
Between
Any
Them
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
Me
People
Intelligence
Met
Lunch
Several
Consultant
He
Lot
Committee
Organised
Working
Who
Helped
Homeland
Washington
Actually
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.
Miranda Otto
Me
People
Looking
Think
Recognise
Would
Supermarket
Countries
Like
Most
Go
Australia
Shocked
Often
Just
Just Looking
Asian
Asian Countries
Who
When I was younger, people would always say, 'Are you a ballet dancer?' I had that look - one of those skinny kids with my hair in a bun.
Miranda Otto
You
People
Hair
Dancer
Say
Those
Kids
Would
Had
Look
Always
Ballet
Ballet Dancer
Younger
Younger People
Skinny
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.
Miranda Otto
Best
Me
Hate
Job
Had
Pigeon-Holed
Just
Being
Different
Anything
Next
Thing
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.
Miranda Otto
Life
Work
Great
You
Live
Living
City
Feel
Like
Around
Always
Truly
Accustomed
Moving
Actor
It's a little daunting coming on to work with actors that you respect so much.
Miranda Otto
Work
You
Respect
Daunting
Coming
Little
Much
Actor
Sadly, my German is almost non-existent, although I did a little at school.
Miranda Otto
School
Almost
Sadly
Non-Existent
Although
German
Did
Little
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.
Miranda Otto
Love
Me
Sense Of Humor
Humor
Sense
Still
Oddball
Years
Years Ago
Did
Really
Special
Film
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.
Miranda Otto
Time
King
Seen
First
Saw
Rings
See
Pretty
Most
Return
First Time
Lord
Lord Of The Rings
Just
Africa
Movie
Really
Premiere
Fun
Even
Flown
People often say, 'I thought you were much taller.' So, I don't know. Maybe it's the way I stand or something.
Miranda Otto
You
People
Thought
Way
Say
Something
Know
Taller
Were
Often
Maybe
Much
Stand
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.
Miranda Otto
Character
Looking
Something
Read
End
Up
Just
Lit
Different
Want
Script
Spark
Who
Play
Played
Last
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