Cate Blanchett Quotes
I want to be able to follow the example of those extraordinary British actresses who move effortlessly from film to TV to theatre roles.
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My parents did their best - that earns a lot of forgiveness. But they say children grow up in spite of their parents, and I think I did.
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The Violence Against Women Act is so important. It provides money to train the cop on the beat, to train the judges that this is a new day, that we won't tolerate this violence and to know how to deal with it.
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It's a tough transition really for theater actors to adjust to television or film, and all of these years later, I still have a tendency to play it too big.
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I love the look of full brows that aren't perfectly done - eyebrows on fleek: that's the goal.
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Often, what you see in the media is driven by economic forces.
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When I get into the studio, I write from my heart.
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I write almost entirely in bed or on a couch with my feet up on the coffee table. I feel most creative when I'm looking out the window, and my bed and couch have nice views of the New York skyline.
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I never wanted to be a millionaire. I just wanted to live like one.
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I want to be in the small percentage of women who don't settle for conventional roles.
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And from a military school which taught me that to fit into society, you can't just do anything you damn well please because it will suit you. And that it's much better to be with the winners than it is with the losers.
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I have these visions of myself being thirty, thirty-five, forty having a family.
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I completely agree with feeling the need for or the benefits of being pushed and of being directed on a project and collaborating.
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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
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If I didn't have my profession, I think I would be sitting in a nuthouse. But I have been unceasingly at work, and this has been very healthy for me. So I had no need for therapy.
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It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges are. So I think lawyers sometimes exaggerate their role in winning and losing. Lawyers do have a role, and a major role, but they're not the only players in this game.
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Politicians make decisions in favor of their interest groups or their supporters back in their hometowns.
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Obviously I know if you're putting yourself out there, saying, 'Hey! Listen to my music!,' with pictures of yourself in the magazines, then people are going to judge you. 'I hate her music. I hate her hair. I hate her production. I hate her videos.' Fine: don't care. That's the great thing about art: it's not for everyone.
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I know who Jack Whittaker is. And some days I don't like who I am.
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Living with a stammer is difficult. It's a daily uphill struggle with emotional baggage weighing you down. You can't be the person you want to be.
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Tender is the nightFor a broken heartWho will dry your eyesWhen it falls apart
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You can't do God's work without suffering.
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Every time I watch a Clint Eastwood film, I'm in touch with my feminine side, I've developed a searing man-crush on Clint Eastwood.
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I want to be able to follow the example of those extraordinary British actresses who move effortlessly from film to TV to theatre roles.
