Cate Blanchett Quotes
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There's an expression in Australia that's called 'Go Bush,' which means to get out of the city and relax. I try and 'go bush' to places where there's no cell reception. But, I don't get to do that often, so for the most part, it's just a state of mind.
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I am happiest when I don't know what's coming next.
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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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There is a societal cost of increased pollution, and that's what I'm passionate about as a mother.
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When you're a performer, of course you want an audience, but it's very, very different from courting fame.
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I always dressed as a man when I was at school. I loved wearing a tie and a shirt, and I was always wearing suits. Annie Lennox was my hero. I was always playing men in high school.
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When something is a vocation, you don't really make a decision about 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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There are certain things in ancient practices that are not worth adhering to.
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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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I guess I prefer to be quite private. It's a myth that actors are exhibitionists.
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I haven't got many anecdotes. Maybe I should do something scandalous.
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Like any mum, I fear some mysterious illness befalling my children.
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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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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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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.
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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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My husband went through a phase of giving me vacuum cleaners, sewing machines and Mixmasters. It's ironic. He is encouraging me to develop a hobby, I think.
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The more you can remove the obstacles between you and the world as a woman, the easier and simpler life becomes.
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I remember thinking, when I was playing Hedda Gabler, that several sequences of the play were utterly absurd.
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I think sometimes when you're working consistently in film, and maybe this is just me, but you do feel quite dislocated from your audience.
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After two kids, I hit the pillow and go straight to sleep.
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In every war, there's looting.
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The Oscar is very beautiful, utterly mesmeric, but I don't feel any more important because I have won one. It doesn't mean I'm any better than anyone.