Mind the gap - it's the distance between life as you dream it and life as it is. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
You can only desire something that you've already had in your life. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
The more you can remove the obstacles between you and the world as a woman, the easier and simpler life becomes. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
To become a painter or a sculptor or a graphic designer is quite an isolated way to spend your life. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
It is so interesting when you meet an actor in real life and they look completely different. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
Some ideas, like what you're going to do with your life, take time to form. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's just unfolding before me. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
As an actor I suppose you're constantly observing. I don't sit in restaurants making notes, I don't live my life in order… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
Because the picture is called 'Veronica Guerin,' you expect a biopic. But it's really about the last two years of her life. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I live my life parallel with my work, and they are both equally important. I'm always amazed how much people talk about… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
Theater is a space where you cross over from everyday life, because there are real people in that moment moving in front… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I discovered early on that some performers live their life in order to act, so all their relationships are simply an experience… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
People had always vaguely mentioned that when you have children, how part of your life would stop. But they don't say that… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
A lot of people are frightened by old age - by being around people who are, basically, on their way out -… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I never feel particularly comfortable holding a gun, but when you're playing somebody who lived in the frontier southwest, guns are a… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
We talked about trying to create an image that would somehow, to an audience, create the sense of awe, wonder and shock… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
If you know why someone is doing what they're doing, why they're behaving the way they are, then that's your job to… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I often have a few scents depending on if I'm playing a character. The character may be wearing a scent that perhaps… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I love those moments on stage, on screen and in life when you dispense with language, when you sort of transcend it… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
There's many things that you can do with your life. It doesn't necessarily - I think if you're in a creative sphere,… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
The great thing about theater is that when it's great, you'll remember it for the rest of your life. But if you… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
Actresses can get outrageously precious about the way they look. That's not what life's about. If you starve yourself to the point… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I do tend to move on anyway. This is a part of my life, but it doesn't rule my life. — 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
