Miranda Otto

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

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.

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

The whole theatre world deeply attracts me. I love rehearsing and having time to make mistakes and laugh and discover things about yourself and other people - and the energy level is great.

I love the Russians for their verve, their melancholia, their vivacity, their unpredictability, and their humour.

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 haven't found the experience of being hot very great. It usually means you are about to be overexposed. I would rather be respected.

I love buildings that aren't purpose-built.

As actors, we are accustomed to moving around, and it's always great to live and work in a city - you feel like you are truly living a life there.

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.

There's a film I did years ago, 'Love Serenade,' that I still really love. It's such an oddball sense of humor. It was a really special film for me when I did it.

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.