Cate Blanchett Quotes
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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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There is so much talent in Australia.
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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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I love dressing up, although that doesn't mean necessarily on the school run.
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You don't ever really get to know Woody Allen.
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I think sometimes when you're working consistently in film, and maybe this is just me, but you do feel quite dislocated from your audience.
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Believe it or not, I'm pretty good at just doing nothing.
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I'm not focused on what other people think of me.
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I would have loved to have been an architect - which, actually, would have been a disaster.
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I'm scared of actors with a scheme.
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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 don't mind not looking conventionally - you know, attractive if that's what the part requires.
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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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Ageing is something that both men and women are utterly terrified about.
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It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career.
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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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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 look forward to the holiday season every year.
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You have to surrender less when you see a film than when you go and see something live.
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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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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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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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I use the Philip Kingsley range of shampoos, and they've got a great elasticiser, which is fantastic. I wrap my hair in cling film and put that on.
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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.