Cate Blanchett Quotes
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There is so much talent in Australia.
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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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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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Conservatism is affecting the way women perceive who they are in the world.
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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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I believe that a creative career is only as good as the risks that you take with it.
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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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When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process.
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There's not a long, entrenched tradition of theater going in Australia.
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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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It took me a long time to get comfortable with the idea of being photographed by a moving or still camera.
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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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It's not the normal way to look at things but I experienced death at a really young age and because of that it's been part of my mental landscape that death is really very possible.
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Being on stage a lot is quite physical.
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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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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've been mostly influenced by experiences in the theater growing up.
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I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre.
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Happiness is fleeting - I think that's the main lesson I have learned.