Cate Blanchett Quotes
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In every war, there's looting.
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We keep making the same mistakes as a species, and you can usually draw it back to the fact that we are all terrified of dying. We also all think that we are going to escape it until we get to 65!
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What I think of as a mistake might be something that does really well at the box office, so I'm my own harshest critic - as we all are, really.
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Men are boys for such a long time and really don't start getting the great roles until they're in their mid-thirties. But then they've got a long time to do them, whereas for women, it's all about playing younger and younger and younger.
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I grew up listening to music and going to the theatre.
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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 don't mind not looking conventionally - you know, attractive if that's what the part requires.
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Passion is a quality I admire in a woman.
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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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Believe it or not, I'm pretty good at just doing nothing.
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There are certain things in ancient practices that are not worth adhering to.
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My husband keeps me really honest.
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Some ideas, like what you're going to do with your life, take time to form.
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Playing the lead in a film where you shoot for three months away from home is not an easy thing for me when my children are in school and my husband is running a theatre company.
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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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There's very little reason in politics these days.
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The power of the story sheds a light and great perspective on well known facts. The power of cinema draws on that collective history.
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Ageing is something that both men and women are utterly terrified about.
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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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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 would have loved to have been an architect - which, actually, would have been a disaster.
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You can't be trying to make a film that pleases all people, you know, so it's not a concern of mine.
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I am happiest when I don't know what's coming next.
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After two kids, I hit the pillow and go straight to sleep.