Cate Blanchett Quotes
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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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When I emerged from drama school, I had no expectation that I would ever work in film.
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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'm one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset.
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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 said to Martin Scorsese, 'When are you going to make another film with a woman at the center?'
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I guess I prefer to be quite private. It's a myth that actors are exhibitionists.
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There is not a lot of separation between work and home life.
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For me, I think the bigger something is, the more difficult it is to make it nimble and fleet afoot.
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I think that what appeals to me in my work is having the opportunity to inhabit different genres and so to reach different audiences.
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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.
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Ageing is something that both men and women are utterly terrified about.
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Like any mum, I fear some mysterious illness befalling my children.
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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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I can be a real pessimist. You know that when you win an Oscar, and you walk offstage, and your first thought is: 'Oh God, I've peaked.'
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I'm not sitting on a soapbox telling women what they should and shouldn't do, but I know what works for me.
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Because the picture is called 'Veronica Guerin,' you expect a biopic. But it's really about the last two years of her life.
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I've an enormous respect for my mother who at the age of 39 raised three children, and I grew up with my grandmother in the household. And so it was a really strong household of women - my poor brother! It was great growing up with so many generations of women.
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Before I made a film, I thought it was easy.
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Look, it's one of the great mysteries of the world, I cannot answer that question. I think I'm vaguely blonde. To be perfectly frank, I don't know.
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I don't mind not looking conventionally - you know, attractive if that's what the part requires.
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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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You have to know how to evolve with age without trying to hang on to your younger image of yourself from the past.