Miranda Otto

Alison Carr on 'Homeland.' She was such great character to play, so clever and full of surprises. I was sad to see her go.

If there is a book that the script came from you have to read it, you have to see what you can get out of it: mood, back story and things that may not even be in the film. They kick off your imagination and broaden the character, I think.

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.

When I was working on 'Homeland,' there was a consultant who helped me a lot... I went to Washington and met with my consultant there, and he actually organised a lunch with several people from the Intelligence Committee.

There are so many successful women working in intelligence, but it's still seen as a male-dominated world.

There's such big pressure on people who are incredibly famous, on those who have people sitting outside their front door and taking photos every time they move.

I think you go through a period as a teenager of being quite cool and unaffected by things.

There's a film I did years ago, 'Love Serenade,' that I still really love. It's such an oddball sense of humor. It was a really special film for me when I did it.