Miranda Otto Quotes
Acting is a freelance career... you never stop having to prove yourself and fight for work.
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Hallucinatory - that's just the way everyday life is, in Colombia. All the time, you say to yourself, did I just see that?
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I like the performing. And interviews, even. And the stuff that's not sitting in a room by yourself with empty paper. But I never loved writing, to tell you the truth.
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The creative process is not like a situation where you get struck by a single lightning bolt. You have ongoing discoveries, and there's ongoing creative revelations. Yes, it's really helpful to be marching toward a specific destination, but, along the way, you must allow yourself room for your ideas to blossom, take root, and grow.
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I remember in the '80s, Randy Travis was my guy. He's the reason I moved to Nashville, and I just loved him. But at some point when he was winning everything, you find yourself pulling for other people.
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I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything.
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Sometimes you're going to have someone on your team who's just not comfortable with being open. You have to ask yourself, 'Is this person going to allow us to be a real team?' Maybe they're not right for your team. You have to be willing to lose someone sometimes.
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The most important service to others is service to those who are not like yourself.
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The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.
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Get yourself into every audition that you can. Even in those for smaller roles, you'll never know when someone may recommend you for a bigger one.
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I just think that is so important to keep a strong support system, to keep yourself encouraged.
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Acting is such a crazy industry, but kite boarding keeps me grounded.
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To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference, it's detachment.
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You set paths for yourself, but as you get older, things change.
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I was 26 when I went to my first acting class. I'm naturally quite shy. I'm a quite private person. There's this really strange acting class in New York called Black Nexxus. For someone who's slightly shy or self-conscious, it's the most frightening thing you can do.
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Often, overeating is a way to punish yourself for the anger and resentment you're feeling - either at yourself or someone else.
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I need to decide whether to apply for college or delay it for a couple of years while I pursue some more acting projects. Right now I'm trying to sort things out, so I can make the right choices.
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When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.
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I think I didn't know whether I wanted to keep acting deep into my career. I kept trying to see if I would be able to do it well enough to make that part of my destiny or part of what I was supposed to do.
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I've never seen hard work fail.
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Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.
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Doing what you want to do is easy. Doing what you have to do is hard.
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Everyone I know thinks television is the most important part of my life. I did it for the money! I was able to send my daughter to college.
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We cannot escape history.
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Acting is a freelance career... you never stop having to prove yourself and fight for work.
