Top 89 Quotes & Sayings by Miranda Otto - Page 2

There are so many successful women working in intelligence, but it's still seen as a male-dominated world.

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

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.

The detective genre is not easy because you've got to get to a conclusion that is unexpected.

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.

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

I really like research.

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!

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

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

I have been really lucky to play roles younger than myself for most of my career.

In the past, I was always drawn to really quirky, idiosyncratic characters.

I ask myself, 'What is the value of acting and the attention that actors get? And yet there are so many people in the world doing incredible things for mankind, and they don't get much attention.' I do question about that, but I don't think I would've been a great doctor. I think I would've been a good surgeon. That fascinated me.

Acting is bluffing, pretending to be something.

QVB have a long history of supporting Australian talent.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Everyone says you should get a photo taken of yourself while you're pregnant. I've got a film [War of the Worlds]. It'll be nice for my daughter, too, to look at one day. She was in it.

The talent of the people in Brazil was extraordinary. I thought all of the hair and make-up was really fantastic. The aesthetic there is really something to behold. They just have such a great sense of taste.

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. 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.

Theres 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 think sometimes people haven't really quite worked out how to peg me, or exactly what it is that I do. In that way, I feel lucky that I can get to play different things because they haven't quite decided what I am.

As an actor, I would call it a role where you get to stretch out a bit.

Whenever I mention Greg Kinnear's name to anyone, they always say, "Oh, love him!" He's a really terrific actor, and very funny.

With TV, the most important thing is just to get people to turn it on.

You can make the best show in the world, but if people don't actually turn it on and see it, they'll never know it's the best show.