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
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.
England is very interested as well, and other countries if I could speak the languages!
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.
Yeah, Dad can go and write a script, but if I did something else, I'd produce.
There's 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.
Whenever I mention Greg Kinnear's name to anyone, they always say, "Oh, love him!" He's a really terrific actor, and very funny.
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.
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.
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.
Everyone says you should get a photo taken of yourself while you're pregnant. I've got a film. It'll be nice for my daughter, too, to look at one day. She was in it.
Every director is completely different.
I'd always had a big thing for the '60s.
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 think film likes me better than the theatre does for some reason.