Australian - Actress | December 16, 1967 -
Certain characters get to me and stay with me for a while.
Miranda Otto
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Acting is bluffing, pretending to be something.
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The detective genre is not easy because you've got to get to a conclusion that is unexpected.
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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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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.
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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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There are so many successful women working in intelligence, but it's still seen as a male-dominated world.
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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.
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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.
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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 was cast in a film toward the end of high school. Even then, I wasn't sure.
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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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