Miranda Otto

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.

England is very interested as well, and other countries if I could speak the languages!

I was researching my family tree, and I was deeply hoping I was going to turn out to be Eastern European, but I'm not.

Acting is a freelance career... you never stop having to prove yourself and fight for work.

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.

Sometimes, as a young woman, you are boxed in more to playing characters that are emotional and vulnerable.

I really enjoy playing intelligent characters. I'm more interested in that than just emotional kind of Mum characters.

Premieres are pretty fun, but probably the most fun was when I went to see 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,' and I'd just flown in from Africa, and I hadn't even seen the movie yet. So, the first time I saw it was at the premiere. It was really fun.

Any time you have intimacy with someone, there is something between them.

I tend to not think about the kind of movie things I want to be doing, because I've worked in all sorts of different places, and I've spent all sorts of time in England, and I'd still do things in Australia and in America.

The guys on the stunt team are really fantastic. It's really funny, because for all the aggression they have to display on screen, they're actually really happy, good- natured people.

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.