Cate Blanchett Quotes
I can be a real pessimist. You know that when you win an Oscar, and you walk offstage, and your first thought is: 'Oh God, I've peaked.'
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Twenty years ago my parents wouldn't know who the X-Men were, and now everybody knows that stuff. It means that deconstruction of the superhero is something you can do. All those movies have led to a point where we can finally have 'Watchmen' with a Superman character who doesn't want to save the world and a Batman who has trouble in bed.
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To me, presentations are the most powerful device. You can't really name a movement that didn't start with the spoken word.
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There are hours when I must force the novel out of my mind and be interested in the children.
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People have these incredible expectations. So instead of being inspired by, say, Joni Mitchell's music, I look at it and say to myself, 'I'm going to quit - why would I think of writing or performing after listening to that?'
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I happen to be quite fond of staying out late and sleeping the day away.
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Practices were tough.
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The first step... shall be to lose the way.
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When I go out and I'm presenting the best side of myself, I want to look different from everyone, but I don't want it to look like I'm wearing a costume.
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I have my own faith which I've developed. It's non-denominational. I don't even know if it's about God.
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My mother didn't set out to surround us with white students or colleagues. My mother just sought a quality education. People have these expectations of who they think you should be. And I say it's because they don't really understand Malcolm X - or his wife.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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I didn't volunteer; they asked me. I felt a duty to testify.
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Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I'm not saying that's the only calling card, but it's a whole crayon box.
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It took me a long time to film the plastic bag, and then I had to get the cut of the scene right. But if you find it as beautiful as the character does, then suddenly it becomes a different movie, and so did he as a character.
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Learning about factory farms and their horrendous treatment of animals is what made me become vegetarian in the first place. I also support the education of the public on adopting pets from animal shelters or saving homeless animals off the street in lieu of buying them from pet shops.
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If you're in a conversation with me, the last thing I'll probably say when I'm walking away is, 'Thank you and sorry.'
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Human rights, no matter whom they affect, are something that should matter to all of us. It's always been a part of my life.
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I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time.
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The angels may have wider spheres of action, may have nobler forms of duty; but right with them and with us is one and the same thing.
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I always thought 'Rome' would change things for me, that people would finally understand what I do.
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None of us had any idea of how successful Downton was going to be. I thought I was signing up for another period drama that had a slightly modern feel. It had a freedom about it because it was coming out of the head of Julian Fellowes. Anything could happen and generally did.
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Nobody likes to hear it, because it's dull, but the reason you win or lose is darn near always the same - pitching.
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Memory is the residue of thought
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I can be a real pessimist. You know that when you win an Oscar, and you walk offstage, and your first thought is: 'Oh God, I've peaked.'
