Miranda Otto Quotes

I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval.

At the same time, it makes me feel like I have to prove myself to the new guys coming in as well as prove myself to the coaching staff, which is a good bit of motivation for me.

Being an actor somehow can be a perverse extension of that feeling we generally all have as children, that feeling of wanting to please. Of course you're looking for affirmation, encouragement.

I remember walking out in front of that crowd, all the parents' faces and the applause, and folding my little self in half and thinking, 'I could get used to this.' And I just never stopped.

Stand on the stage in front of 15 people or 15,000. Have them look up to you and tell you how wonderful you are, and if you don't think that's a great feeling, okay, then you're unlike me.

I realised a little bit to my astonishment that I can give a lecture for a thousand people, and there will be this tumultuous applause, so, you know, I have the feeling well, it can't be all that bad.

My first impression when I made it through was 'Good, because I'm going to prove to you that I deserve to be here', because they told me that sometimes I lack confidence in my performance and sometimes I'm not as consistent as they'd like me to be.

I'm the type of person who feels I have to prove myself first.

I'm at the age where I've got to prove that I'm just as good as I never was.

When you're acting, it's all about you and the person in front of you, and I think in life we forget to apply the same technique, and we get caught up in the panic of what we're trying to do - how overwhelmingly daunting the task of trying to become an actor is.

I have to prove myself five times over.

I'm not sure people even think of me as an actor at all.

I've always been a guy that's liked a crowd and having people around cheering for me. I'm not a guy that will keep his head down or respond negatively to boos or whatever.

If I wasn't so insecure about myself I wouldn't work as hard as I do. I am constantly seeking approval.

You cannot imagine how great it is to step out on the stage with thousands of screaming fans loving you.

I was always much more shy. All I knew was that I loved to act. But I don't know about the other part of it. I'm not sure I had the chutzpah to go and prove yourself.

I never feel like I have anything. People can tell me a thousand times, 'You're the guy, you're the guy,' and I'm just like, 'We'll see when I'm on the set.'

I thought that I'd never be able to work in films or TV. Another girl would be cutting her nose to be an actress. I was always very sure about myself.

I have to prove myself in a lot of ways - as an actor, as a person, as someone who can handle pressure.

Am I really cool? You're telling me I'm cool? Well, that's good to hear.

Actors in general have some place in them that can be sensitive and easily damaged: not damaged in a bad way, but insecurity, because that's what it breeds, especially in females and female-lead types.

Most actors on most days don't think they're worthy.

As good as I was at wrestling, I never thought I was any good.

I don't think I can be a bright and fresh-looking actress. I am not really confident in that kind of character.

I don't necessarily want to hear about my talent or my greatness as an actor.