Miranda Otto Quotes (16 Quotes)

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

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.

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.

Every director is completely different.

Many children follow their parents into the theatre. Hilary Bell is a playwright, while Lucy is an actor. Sacha Horler (daughter of Ken and Lillian Horler, co-founders of the Nimrod), Felix Williamson (son of David), Tamsin Carroll (daughter of Peter), Jason Donovan (son of Terence) and Robyn Nevin's daughter, Emily Dawe, have all gone onto the stage and screen. So it's not really surprising that Miranda did the same. What child would not be beguiled by a world of make-believe There's something about it, the whole life of it, that you really enjoy, ... I just used to find it so exciting.

You've got a shocking temper.

I like working intensely, then going away and thinking about it, working out why it didn't work and then coming back to it. It makes the work richer, I think.

I'd always had a big thing for the '60s.

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

When I did A Doll's House I felt like I learnt so much, ... That's another reason to do this, I wanted to push myself and see what else I could learn from doing it. Because Robyn's an actress as well, I feel like I learn a lot of technique and things from her.

England is very interested as well, and other countries if I could speak the languages!

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.

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.

I'm glad I didn't have children when I was younger because I don't think I could have given so much of myself to it, ... I think I would have been more selfish. I'm really glad it's happened to me later. I don't think I could have given up as many things as I can give up now.

I find that I get very lost in certain things and that it is hard to let go. Often, certain characteristics stay with you from characters.

I think film likes me better than the theatre does for some reason.