Cate Blanchett Quotes
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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 suppose the more established one gets, you have what's called a reputation, and so you want to protect that and preserve that. And I think the bravery really comes in one's mid career where you then are constantly trying to move beyond that and move past that, because those so-called successors can become shackles.
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I look forward to the holiday season every year.
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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 have the embarrassing thing where often if you're watching a film, you kind of go through the emotions and the thought stages that your character went through, but you sort of do it with Tourette's. So I end up often crying when I'm crying, and looking angry when I'm looking angry, so it's pretty ugly.
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I haven't got many anecdotes. Maybe I should do something scandalous.
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If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously.
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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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You're always more critical of your own country. People will talk about stuff in Britain, and I'll go: 'Aw, it's not that bad,' but at home, it's different. It's inside you.
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I would really have liked to have gone to Broadway with 'A Streetcar Named Desire.' I was proud of that.
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People assume actors are born liars, but I'd argue the actor's job is to tell the truth. And I've realised I'm not a good liar.
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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.'
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Obviously, if Woody Allen calls and says he wants you to read a script, of course you read it.
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I love dressing up, although that doesn't mean necessarily on the school run.
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People are always saying they loved me in 'Titanic.'
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Particularly at the moment, it's an incredibly optimistic thing to bring children into the world.
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You do not want to be in a creative organisation with everybody being like-minded and stroking each other's creative egos. You want differences of opinion... constructively.
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A lot of people are frightened by old age - by being around people who are, basically, on their way out - but I'm fascinated by it. It's an amazing thing to be around someone who has had a life well lived.
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I just don't see myself as the heroine in my own narrative.
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When you go to a concert, part of being there is that you're all hearing the same thing. It's about being in a crowd. If you go to a gig and there are two people there, then it's not the same thing.
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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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You don't ever really get to know Woody Allen.
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I said to Martin Scorsese, 'When are you going to make another film with a woman at the center?'
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There are certain things in ancient practices that are not worth adhering to.