I'm not sure if I want to direct a film, but certainly, as an actress, I'm always thinking, 'Surely this must be… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
When I emerged from drama school, I had no expectation that I would ever work in film. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
You can't be trying to make a film that pleases all people, you know, so it's not a concern of mine. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I think the atmosphere on set really comes from the material, but also the director. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I saw the first 'How to Train Your Dragon' film with my children, and I found it utterly exhilarating. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I said to Martin Scorsese, 'When are you going to make another film with a woman at the center?' — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I think there are way too many films made, and I've probably made way too many films. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I love theatre - it's where I started - and I've directed a play myself. I'm not sure if I want to… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
The lack of racial diversity and gender diversity and the lack of female directors - those are not fashionable issues. And they're… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
Playing the lead in a film where you shoot for three months away from home is not an easy thing for me… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
When anyone plays a mother on film, there is a whole raft of judgment in that a mother is a particular archetype… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I think sometimes when you're working consistently in film, and maybe this is just me, but you do feel quite dislocated from… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
The power of the story sheds a light and great perspective on well known facts. The power of cinema draws on that… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I think you're peripatetic when you work in this industry. My husband and I are assuming the role of co-artistic directors at… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
And perhaps, those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films, with women at… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
We're growing up with a very illiterate bunch of children who have somehow been taught that film is fact when, in fact,… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
The more you do it, the more you learn to concentrate, as a child does, incredibly intensively and then you sort of… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
When you are proud of something you have done, and you have made a film you feel has merit, and it's found… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
It's not just women in film, 18-year-old girls feel pressure to do preventative injecting. I see someone's face, someone's body who has… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I have the embarrassing thing where often if you're watching a film, you kind of go through the emotions and the thought… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
With a role like Hedda Gabler, which is incredibly complicated, you often feel that you haven't even scratched the surface the first… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I could do a thousand films that are easy for me to do-that's if I don't fall in the next year, because… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
That's definitely true! It was before my father died, so I can't attribute it to an obsession with death. When I was… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
You have to surrender less when you see a film than when you go and see something live. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
My kids don't watch any TV, but they watch videos and films. I'm sure they watch it at friends' houses. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
What happens a lot in film, though not so much in the theatre, is that you get stroked and sort of massaged,… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I use the Philip Kingsley range of shampoos, and they've got a great elasticiser, which is fantastic. I wrap my hair in… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
A film is not a documentary. And what's wonderful about film is that it's a real provocation for people. I never, ever… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I remember the first film I did, the lead actor would, in between scenes, be reading a newspaper or sleeping and I'd… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
For 'Blue Jasmine,' I made a decision not to wear any make up in the last shot of the film, as I… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
What I love about the theater is that you know who you're acting for: your audience. And the thing I find really… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I want to be able to follow the example of those extraordinary British actresses who move effortlessly from film to TV to… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I applaud Women in Film - not only for celebrating the successes of women, but for providing a safety network to mentor… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
Film just chews up actors like nobody's business, and I'm not particularly interested in being chewed up. I think the camera can… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
In the current climate, things that are true, brave human stories become political. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share
I had never done anything with blue screen before, or prosthetics, or anything like that. Lord of the Rings was like stepping into a… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share
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… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share
Every single pore - not on the men, but on the women - is scrutinized, so I am really grateful that I feel very… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share
Conservatism is affecting the way women perceive who they are in the world. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share
There is a societal cost of increased pollution, and that's what I'm passionate about as a mother. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share
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… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share
I think Pilates is great, especially when you can do it with a trainer who keeps you on track. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share
I'm partial to a nice cup of vodka. I normally just drink it really simple with a little bit of lemon. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share
Obviously, if Woody Allen calls and says he wants you to read a script, of course you read it. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share
Everyone gets obsessed with anti-aging but I'd rather look as good as I can at the age I am. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share
Australia is a remarkable country with incredible technical and physical resources and a capacity to be a world leader in renewables. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share
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… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share
