Miranda Otto Quotes

For many years, I didn't even like the idea of doing a one-person play. Public speaking got me past that. I've always been good at public speaking, but I never really enjoyed it. Then I started to really enjoy it, and that's made all the difference.

I definitely feel much more comfortable in front of the cameras after 'The Hills.' Before, it was much more nerve-racking.

I do find my speech difficult at times, but it's getting so much better as my confidence grows and that's thanks to the position I'm now in, which is totally due to my fans.

Motivational talks are something I have been asked to do and i fancy taking a crack at it.

I've gotten over my shyness from many years of doing public events.

From the core, I'm a shy person, but when I'm on stage, I know how to put it aside. Of course, I'm not perfect, but I've definitely grown as far as being comfortable on stage.

I'm still learning how to be comfortable touring. I haven't found that balance yet.

Now that I have conquered social anxiety disorder, I find pleasure in fans approaching me.

A lot of my career and my drive and my passion and my striving to be better and better was built on insecurity.

Every job I took, I was deeply uncomfortable in terms of feeling unqualified. Every step, every risk I took, built confidence.

It took many years of acting classes to get even remotely comfortable, but that's OK. It helped me so much on a personal level, not to mention professionally.

I had big problems with stage fright in the past. I think, slowly, as I've gotten better at it, I've started to enjoy it. It's made me a more confident person in my normal life. I can open up and be myself in situations that used to be abject terror.

Beauty pageants work as a platform from where you can reach out to many.

I was first spotted for a modeling career and there's no talking involved in that - the thought of doing any sort of public speaking at that time would have terrified me. So that was something I sort of had to learn.

I've never really been worried about being in the spotlight. I could care less.

I never imagined I'd be a presenter on television, but I'm happy to put myself out of my comfort zone.

Temptations are a file which rub off much of the rust of our self-confidence.

I think Jennifer Lawrence is that inside of herself. As long as I've known her she's been both 10 years old and 50 years old. And we've watched her grow up since she walked on "Silver Linings Playbook" as a 20-year-old and had not been - "Hunger Games" had not come out. And I've watched her have to take on and deal with a great deal of attention and resources and people.

What I had been taught all my life was not true: experience is not the best teacher! Some people learn and grow as a result of their experience; some people don't. Everybody has some kind of experience. It's what you do with that experience that matters.

I didn't know how to deal with success. If there was a Rock Star 101, I would have liked to take it. It might have helped me.

'Shameless' was such a weird time in my life because I never really experienced any kind of role that put me that much in the spotlight before.

My grandmother certainly does not care for celebrity.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

I was extremely shy. I am still shy, but I won't show it on stage.