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I tend to have this perverse reaction to authority and stress: I become more confident and clear when a challenge is enormous.
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Fine-tuning a play like 'Uncle Vanya,' which is already well-known to the people playing it, is not so much a verbal exercise as it is a visceral one.
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I care about climate change because of our children. I want to safeguard their future.
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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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When I came out of drama school, I was in a shared house in Sydney.
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If you only exercise your soloist muscles, the other muscles quickly atrophy.
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I'm a much healthier person through my relationship with my husband. I've become a more fulfilled person - it's a great partnership.
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I'm constantly humbled.
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I remember the first film I did, the lead actor would, in between scenes, be reading a newspaper or sleeping and I'd think, 'How can you do that?' But it's so exhausting, you can't be 'on' 12-14 hours a day.
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I think the height of ridiculousness was when I was playing Elizabeth in 'The Golden Age' while preparing to start shooting 'I'm Not There.' I literally finished filming Elizabethan grandeur on Friday, flew to Montreal, and started being Bob Dylan on Monday.
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You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit scary, actually.
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In my career, I thought I've never wanted to get anywhere in particular. I just wanted to work with interesting people on interesting projects.
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My everyday beauty routine is always rushed and pretty simple.
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I went through a mod and goth-phase when I decided that I wouldn't ever be the bronzed beach-bunny. I started going as pale as I possibly could.
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Marriage is a risk; I think it's a great and glorious risk, as long as you embark on the adventure in the same spirit.
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I'm not sure if I want to direct a film, but certainly, as an actress, I'm always thinking, 'Surely this must be my last film.'
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I'm incredibly fortunate to have met the intelligent, generous, risk-taking, stimulating man to whom I am married. He's really amazing.
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I don't have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You'd be surprised at the lack of competition between nominees - I think a lot of it's imposed from the outside. Can I have my champagne now?
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I want to see a connected and progressive future for Australia, where we harness our greatest natural resources: sun, wind, and brain power.
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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.
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Don't you find that work, if you love it, is actually really invigorating?
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I don't feel like, 'Now I'm a great actress.'
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People love events - they love performances, they love music - and I think Australians are great entertainers.
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Actresses can get outrageously precious about the way they look. That's not what life's about. If you starve yourself to the point where your brain cells shrivel, you will never do good work. And if you're overly conscious of your arms flapping in the wind, how can you look the other actor in the eye to respond to them?
Cate Blanchett