Cate Blanchett Quotes
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We've enshrined the purity, sanctity, value, and importance of bringing children into the world, yet we don't discuss death. There used to be an enshrined period where mourning was a necessary part of going through the process of grieving; death wasn't considered morbid or antisocial. But that's totally gone.
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I think there is a long exploration in American drama of women in particular who, by force of circumstances or because they are predisposed to, choose fantasy over reality.
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I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's just unfolding before me.
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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.
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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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My father died when I was young, and after he did, my mother had it tough. Very tough.
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No one wants to see me struggling to get a horse under control because I can't ride it. And no one wants to see me not knowing how to deal with the psychological makeup of the character.
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In every war, there's looting.
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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 believe that a creative career is only as good as the risks that you take with it.
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Believe it or not, I'm pretty good at just doing nothing.
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Conservatism is affecting the way women perceive who they are in the world.
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I've been pretty lucky in the leading men department.
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I've known the panic of financial struggle. I didn't grow up with money at all, and my family has certainly known the panic of, 'Oh, gosh, where's the next bit of money coming from?'
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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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After two kids, I hit the pillow and go straight to sleep.
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There are certain things in ancient practices that are not worth adhering to.
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Happiness is fleeting - I think that's the main lesson I have learned.
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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 at the prospect of bringing children into the world, your mortality comes very much to the forefront, absolutely.
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When you are proud of something you have done, and you have made a film you feel has merit, and it's found an audience and is critically well received, that's a pretty pleasurable place to be. I mean, you don't want it gathering dust at the bottom of someone's DVD collection.
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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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All cities do face similar, significant trends in the future... most importantly global warming and climate change.
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When something is a vocation, you don't really make a decision about it.