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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Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?
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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.
Nastassja Kinski
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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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You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you live it.
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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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In the summer you want fresh, light and sort of quick things; in winter you want things that are comforting, so your body really tells you you want to go towards potatoes, apples, fennel, things that are warm and comforting. And loin of pork.
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Politicians make decisions in favor of their interest groups or their supporters back in their hometowns.
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Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor.
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It took a while for me to be able to sit in a room of studios and financiers and say, "I'm not some hoity-toity actress looking for a vanity deal - I really know how to make a film!" In order to do that, you've got to break your f-cking back.
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Get your friends together, go to your local bookstore and have a book-buying party.
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How you handle life depends a lot on how you handle plan B, or if you have a plan B.
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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.
