Cate Blanchett Quotes
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It is so interesting when you meet an actor in real life and they look completely different.
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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'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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I grew up listening to music and going to the theatre.
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When my husband turned 40, I was obsessed. 'Has he had his medical checkup?' He needed to go to the doctor; he needed to go to the dentist. Any little cough, I was really on him. Then he turned 40, and I thought, 'Maybe that's why I've been so obsessed with his health!'
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I think about my father and how sad it was that he never had grandchildren.
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I'm either sitting very still or running very fast.
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When I see daughters with their fathers I wonder what that would be like, although not in a way that immobilises me.
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I think when I was pregnant with my first child - he's about 10 or 11 now - I first noticed changes in my skin, which can make you panic a bit. I had a bit of melasma.
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I think the atmosphere on set really comes from the material, but also the director.
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You can't really achieve anything in three years.
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If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state.
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I don't understand a way to work other than bold-facedly running towards failure.
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Those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center are niche experiences - they are not. Audiences want to see them and, in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people.
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Every director works differently.
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Theater is a space where you cross over from everyday life, because there are real people in that moment moving in front of you - you're being invited to believe in a story and cross that bridge.
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I think my understanding of different types of love has certainly deepened.