36 Cate Blanchett Quotes

Cate Blanchett quotes

1. Thank you of course to Miss Hepburn. The longevity of her career I think is inspiring to everyone. But most importantly and on behalf of everyone I know in The Aviator, thank you to Martin Scorsese. I hope my son will marry your daughter.

2. I think marriage is all about timing. Getting married is insanity; I mean, it's a risk - who knows if you're going to be together forever? But you both say, 'We're going to take this chance, in the same spirit.

3. What interested me was how much of a departure this was in that you have three interesting, across the generations, female characters, literally riding alongside the male characters. Also the emotional and psychological depth of the characters was, for me, a lot richer than I've seen in a western. But never once did it sacrifice the thrill of the chase. So it was a journey into the unknown for me.

4. Actresses can get outrageously precious about the way they look. That's not what life's about. If you starve yourself to the point where your brain cells shrivel, you will never do good work. And if you're overly conscious of your arms flapping in the wind, how can you look the other actor in the eye to respond to them?

5. He thought I was aloof and I thought he was arrogant. It just shows you how wrong you can be. But once he kissed me that was that.

6. I certainly think that when I flick through all the magazines at the hairdresser's I like to see and am drawn to images that have an intelligence and mind at work behind them.

7. I don't have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You'd be surprised at the lack of competition between nominees- I think a lot of it's imposed from the outside. Can I have my champagne now?

8. I had never done anything with blue screen before, or prosthetics, or anything like that. Lord of the Rings was like stepping into a videogame for me. It was another world completely. But, to be honest, I basically did it so that I could have the ears. I thought they would really work with my bare head.

9. I love strange choices. I'm always interested in people who depart from what is expected of them and go into new territory.

10. I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's just unfolding before me.

11. 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.

12. If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously!

13. It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career.

14. 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.

15. My agent insisted that I get one. But I never answer it. I suppose I should keep it switched off, but it has such a pretty ring.

16. Thank you to Martin Scorsese - I hope my son will marry your daughter.

17. They stick out a lot and tend to catch the wind. I loved skiing as a teenager but I had to stop because my ears got so cold .

18. Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned (and) we should not turn a blind eye to them.

19. Working with Martin Scorsese was an absolute minute-by-minute education without him ever being grandiose about it.

20. You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls- it's a bit scary, actually.

1. When I have my moments of insomnia, you'll find me on style.com.

2. When I have my moments of insomnia, youll find me on style.com.

3. In the current climate, things that are true, brave human stories become political.

4. I think if you're too embroiled in the need to relate too closely to the character, then you start to judge the character for the audience rather than to present it to the audience for their enjoyment and them to mull over the questions that the characters present.

5. Every single pore - not on the men, but on the women - is scrutinized, so I am really grateful that I feel very confident in my own skin.

6. Conservatism is affecting the way women perceive who they are in the world.

7. There is a societal cost of increased pollution, and that's what I'm passionate about as a mother.

8. I went through a mod and goth-phase when I decided that I wouldn't ever be the bronzed beach-bunny. I started going as pale as I possibly could.

9. See the opportunity in the misstep.

10. I think Pilates is great, especially when you can do it with a trainer who keeps you on track.

11. I'm partial to a nice cup of vodka. I normally just drink it really simple with a little bit of lemon.

12. Obviously, if Woody Allen calls and says he wants you to read a script, of course you read it.

13. Everyone gets obsessed with anti-aging but I'd rather look as good as I can at the age I am.

14. Australia is a remarkable country with incredible technical and physical resources and a capacity to be a world leader in renewables.

15. I often have a few scents depending on if I'm playing a character. The character may be wearing a scent that perhaps I wouldn't wear. We've all got different moods and ways we want to express ourselves; scent is a very powerful way to let people in to your secret life.

16. The power of the story sheds a light and great perspective on well known facts. The power of cinema draws on that collective history.