Cate Blanchett Quotes
I think that the benefit of playing someone like Queen Elizabeth is that so much has been written about her, and there's so much speculation about her - was she a hermaphrodite? She's so mythologised, and there are a lot of images of her.
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My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players.
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But I guess I like playing flawed guys 'cause it gives a place for the characters to go.
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I don't feel like sitting around doing nothing would benefit me.
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I just love playing in major championships.
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It's all about racing on the track.
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It's the tyranny of an oligarchy that I'm concerned about.
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Yes, I love playing Mom.
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I'm very particular about what I want.
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I am not playing for any lobby. I am playing for national lobby. I will ignore lobby. Anybody has useful suggestion, they can give it to me. The history will speak about it.
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Every week brings to us 10,080 minutes That is our capital. How shall we use it to get the utmost benefit?
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I don't really know much about cars.
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When you're in the head of the character, you feel less self-conscious. If I was just being me, I would feel so exposed and be like, 'Why is there a huge camera in my face?' But, when you're believing in the person that you're playing, you feel protected. It's about being true to that person you're playing.
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I learned a lot from playing those late-night, 1-to-4 A.M. gigs with my band, and playing when no one was listening.
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There's backlash about everything I do.
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Oh, I'm completely OCD about neatness.
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I don't care about money.
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I don't know much about my biological background.
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I think that only daring speculation can lead us further and not accumulation of facts.
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Not only did he teach by accomplishment, but he taught by the inspiration of a marvelous imagination that refused to accept the permanence of what appeared to others to be insuperable difficulties: an imagination of the goals of which, in a number of instances, are still in the realms of speculation.
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Taking sartorial risks and not following other people is what makes you stand out.
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'Reinventing the Bazaar,' by John McMillan, is a great and fun introduction to the wild variety and importance of markets throughout history and around the world. I finally understood how a Middle Eastern souk actually works economically and how to compare that to modern-day telecom-spectrum auctions. I love that book.
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I think that the benefit of playing someone like Queen Elizabeth is that so much has been written about her, and there's so much speculation about her - was she a hermaphrodite? She's so mythologised, and there are a lot of images of her.
