Cate Blanchett Quotes
As an actor, I endeavor to find the reason in the unreasonable. Because no one thinks they are being unreasonable or unrealistic or demanding or behaving madly. We all see ourselves as being justified.
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People tend to look great if they feel great.
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I miss Brighton enormously, enormously. There is so much I miss, including rain. I miss the verdant countryside.
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Look, I live in the modern world as much as anyone else.
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I'm incredibly lucky that my profession allows me to be where I choose, really.
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I don't consciously think of how parenthood has changed me but I'm sure it must have.
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I think Pilates is great, especially when you can do it with a trainer who keeps you on track.
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I don't like to reduce a role to fit me. The challenge to me is to expand to it. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. But that's the challenge of it.
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Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I have to write everything down.
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When anyone plays a mother on film, there is a whole raft of judgment in that a mother is a particular archetype or that every mother is the same. That's complete rubbish.
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No one is ever who they purport to be.
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When you're stretching yourself, as a role like 'Blue Jasmine' did for me, you risk falling flat on your face.
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For 'Blue Jasmine,' I made a decision not to wear any make up in the last shot of the film, as I felt like she had such a mask on - I thought it would be a good idea to leave her with nothing and become completely transparent.
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There are very few issues that lie specifically in one region now. Polio in Syria doesn't affect Syria alone. I don't think any issue can ever be isolated into local politics these days, because we all know too much.
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I'm not particularly needy, and I'm not particularly anxious. I don't look for a director to tell me I'm doing a good job or that I'm great. I don't need to be stroked. It's more my own yardstick.
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I think we should stop drinking bottled water. There's no need to be drinking it if you're living in western communities.
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Before having children, I think I probably approached work very differently, and you become much more economical and pragmatic about your relationship to it.
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It's important to travel and move and have a continual set of experiences so you've got more to feed back into your work. For me, it's a natural thing.
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The great thing about not being American is that you don't assume you know what a Southern accent sounds like, so you have to be specific.
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I'm from Australia, where the film industry is potent but small.
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I'm not particularly interested in playing characters that think the way I do.
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Australia is a remarkable country with incredible technical and physical resources and a capacity to be a world leader in renewables.
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I think if you're going to wear a red lip, you don't want it wearing you, so it's about finding the right colour.
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I don't think it's more difficult for actors to have a good marriage than anyone. I think, in the end, a really important component of any relationship is honesty, and it also comes down to luck.
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My kids don't watch any TV, but they watch videos and films. I'm sure they watch it at friends' houses.