I've been mostly influenced by experiences in the theater growing up. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
When I came out of drama school, I was in a shared house in Sydney. — 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'm not interested in using my father's death as some touch point for why I've become an actor - it's grossly opportunistic. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
Inhibition is something I notice in hamstrung actors all the time. They can be wonderful up to a point and then become… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
You can't really watch a theater performance by yourself. You can watch a movie by yourself, though. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I think good theaters are really important. They allow you to exist in a space with other people. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
People assume actors are born liars, but I'd argue the actor's job is to tell the truth. And I've realised I'm not… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I think the more you do as an actor, the more facility you have to switch on and off. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
You will not leave the theater with nothing to talk about. For me, comedy and tragedy when you get them both in… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
That's why so many people want to play Hamlet: because it's a completely demarked role, and the actor playing it has to… — 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
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 find that the skills and the muscularity required to be on stage, you need to keep those up - I do,… — 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
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
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
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
You know, when you see yourself on a big screen, I tend to watch from behind my hands. There is absolutely the… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
The first thing is to accept that theater is an unknown. If you go to a concert, you know the music. If… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I've reprised roles in the theatre, which is somehow more accepted, and where one can automatically go deeper and further into the… — 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
When I emerged from drama school, I had no expectation that I would ever work in film. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I guess I prefer to be quite private. It's a myth that actors are exhibitionists. — 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
What you're trying to do as an actor is somehow trick yourself into believing that these words have never been said, and… — 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
In the current climate, things that are true, brave human stories become political. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Conservatism is affecting the way women perceive who they are in the world. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
There is a societal cost of increased pollution, and that's what I'm passionate about as a mother. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
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 Image
I think Pilates is great, especially when you can do it with a trainer who keeps you on track. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
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 Image
Obviously, if Woody Allen calls and says he wants you to read a script, of course you read it. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
