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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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We're constantly morphing into different outward manifestations of ourselves. That's what I find curious about people.
Cate Blanchett
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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'm one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset.
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I just don't see myself as the heroine in my own narrative.
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I look forward to the holiday season every year.
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Louise Frogley is a brilliant designer. I always find her wardrobe fittings really informative and creative. Together, you kick images and ideas around.
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I haven't got many anecdotes. Maybe I should do something scandalous.
Cate Blanchett
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There's many things that you can do with your life. It doesn't necessarily - I think if you're in a creative sphere, or if you're hungry for experience, then those experiences don't necessarily happen like rungs of a ladder or in a linear way.
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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 think the only thing I knew for sure is that I wanted to, whatever I did, I wanted to travel with my work, an adventurous spirit.
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I'm not interested in using my father's death as some touch point for why I've become an actor - it's grossly opportunistic.
Cate Blanchett -
Ageing is something that both men and women are utterly terrified about.
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I'm not interested in playing characters who see the world through my prism; I think the journey of understanding any character is to see how they tick and how they differ from you.
Cate Blanchett
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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 love 'Annie Hall,' but then I adore 'Hannah and Her Sisters.' Dianne Wiest is amazing in 'Bullets Over Broadway,' but her in 'Hannah and Her Sisters,' I absolutely loved it.
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I've been pretty lucky in the leading men department.
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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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Once you get an offer from Steven Soderbergh, you just do anything you can to make it fit.
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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.
Cate Blanchett
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I grew up listening to music and going to the theatre.
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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 tend to use really basic creams, and I like to put an oil on, like an emu oil from Australia. It's from the emu, and it's really nourishing. I prefer an oil to a cream.
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When I emerged from drama school, I had no expectation that I would ever work in film.
Cate Blanchett