Cate Blanchett Quotes
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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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You don't ever really get to know Woody Allen.
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The word 'circumnavigate' is quite a beautiful word.
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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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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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Like any mum, I fear some mysterious illness befalling my children.
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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 admire the work of brilliant actresses such as Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Helen Mirren, who have had such varied careers. They have never stopped working, and they are as great today as they ever were.
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There is so much talent in Australia.
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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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There's very little reason in politics these days.
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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 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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Some ideas, like what you're going to do with your life, take time to form.
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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 grew up listening to music and going to the theatre.
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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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I would have loved to have been an architect - which, actually, would have been a disaster.
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Every time I create a character, I don't assume they speak like I do, even if they're Australian.
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Conservatism is affecting the way women perceive who they are in the world.
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There are certain things in ancient practices that are not worth adhering to.
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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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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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Believe it or not, I'm pretty good at just doing nothing.