Cate Blanchett Quotes
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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 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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Once you get an offer from Steven Soderbergh, you just do anything you can to make it fit.
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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 guess I prefer to be quite private. It's a myth that actors are exhibitionists.
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When something is a vocation, you don't really make a decision about it.
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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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In every war, there's looting.
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When you're onstage, you're acutely aware of the reaction of a particular group of people, because it's like a wave.
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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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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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I think it's always good to take on things that at first seem bigger than you. Then you just try and surmount them.
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I love dressing up, although that doesn't mean necessarily on the school run.
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After two kids, I hit the pillow and go straight to sleep.
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What happens a lot in film, though not so much in the theatre, is that you get stroked and sort of massaged, like a little guinea pig.
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I'm one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset.
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I am happiest when I don't know what's coming next.
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I'm scared of actors with a scheme.
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My husband keeps me really honest.
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I look forward to the holiday season every year.
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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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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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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 said to Martin Scorsese, 'When are you going to make another film with a woman at the center?'