Miranda otto

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.

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.

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.

You are being hit with tabloid-journalism bi-lines of what you are doing because you have suddenly become a star.

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...

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.

It's a career that's enticing because you go on stage, for example, and people clap. You get that affirmation, but you can't go into acting for that because it's really your own self-belief that's...

I've made my peace with being in the spotlight, definitely.