Everyone says you should get a photo taken of yourself while you're pregnant. I've got a film [War of the Worlds]. It'll be nice for my daughter, too, to look at one day. She was in it.
Miranda OttoSome scripts you read and say, 'I've just got to do this' and you find a way of making it work. Some things you turn down because of the impact on family.
Miranda OttoWriters 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.
Miranda OttoYou 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.
Miranda Otto