Cate Blanchett Quotes
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Armani makes a fantastic lip gloss called 'Beige 100.'
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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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If you only exercise your soloist muscles, the other muscles quickly atrophy.
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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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I think at the prospect of bringing children into the world, your mortality comes very much to the forefront, absolutely.
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Conservatism is affecting the way women perceive who they are in the world.
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I don't feel like, 'Now I'm a great actress.'
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I'm always without sleep. I've got two kids. I understand sleep deprivation on a profound level.
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I think it's so easy to be judgmental of other people's decisions.
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People love events - they love performances, they love music - and I think Australians are great entertainers.
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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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Once you get an offer from Steven Soderbergh, you just do anything you can to make it fit.
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I cook a mean Sunday lunch. My idea of Heaven is a lunch outside on a beautifully sunny Sunday afternoon. It's the time to gather everyone together.
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Things present themselves to you, and it's how you choose to deal with them that reveals who you are. We all say a lot of things, don't we, about who we are and how we think. But in the end it's your actions, how you respond to circumstance that reveals your character.
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I applaud Women in Film - not only for celebrating the successes of women, but for providing a safety network to mentor women and to discuss the particular issues that arise in a very male-dominated industry.
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I find that the skills and the muscularity required to be on stage, you need to keep those up - I do, personally, in order to maintain your ability to perform on screen. You don't want to always be working in the one medium.
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I just don't see myself as the heroine in my own narrative.
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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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Being in Australia, I was really sun conscious. For a couple of summers there, I did the baby oil thing, and my my mom said, 'Just don't. You'll regret it.'
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I think the more you do as an actor, the more facility you have to switch on and off.
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Suddenly, my friend's daughters are becoming my best friends. I have so many 12-year-old girlfriends.
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When you are proud of something you have done, and you have made a film you feel has merit, and it's found an audience and is critically well received, that's a pretty pleasurable place to be. I mean, you don't want it gathering dust at the bottom of someone's DVD collection.
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You know, you do have a self-awareness as an actor.
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I think our Western society is very much about, 'Tuck your head in; make sure you're safe. Don't rock the boat.'