Miranda Otto
Miranda Otto
Miranda Ottois an Australian actress. The daughter of actors Barry and Lindsay Otto, and the sister of actress Gracie Otto, Brisbane-born Miranda began her acting career at age 18 in 1986, and has appeared in a variety of independent and major studio films. Otto made her major film debut in Emma's War, in which she played a teenager who moves to Australia's bush country during World War II...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth16 December 1967
CityBrisbane, Australia
CountryAustralia
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.
I think you go through a period as a teenager of being quite cool and unaffected by things.
It is hard sometimes to see how other actors are working when you are working with them.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Acting is a freelance career... you never stop having to prove yourself and fight for work.
As an actor, I would call it a role where you get to stretch out a bit.
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.
Around the time of 'The Lord of the Rings,' it was a shock to me just how big it is to be on that kind of media juggernaut. It was a big thing and the scrutiny was shocking.
You are being hit with tabloid-journalism bi-lines of what you are doing because you have suddenly become a star.
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.
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.