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 can be a real pessimist. You know that when you win an Oscar, and you walk offstage, and your first thought… — 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
We keep making the same mistakes as a species, and you can usually draw it back to the fact that we are… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
When you're a performer, of course you want an audience, but it's very, very different from courting fame. — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I think our Western society is very much about, 'Tuck your head in; make sure you're safe. Don't rock the boat.' — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
If you only exercise your soloist muscles, the other muscles quickly atrophy. — 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
The great thing about not being American is that you don't assume you know what a Southern accent sounds like, so you… — 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
Being in Australia, I was really sun conscious. For a couple of summers there, I did the baby oil thing, and my… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
You're always more critical of your own country. People will talk about stuff in Britain, and I'll go: 'Aw, it's not that… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I never want to work. Even when you're presented with these great opportunities, I think, 'I really love being in my pajamas… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I think when I was pregnant with my first child - he's about 10 or 11 now - I first noticed changes… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I suppose the more established one gets, you have what's called a reputation, and so you want to protect that and preserve… — 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
Louise Frogley is a brilliant designer. I always find her wardrobe fittings really informative and creative. Together, you kick images and ideas… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I have a very healthy relationship to my work, and I find that if a scene is working, no matter how intense… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
You do not want to be in a creative organisation with everybody being like-minded and stroking each other's creative egos. You want… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I don't mind not looking conventionally - you know, attractive if that's what the part requires. — 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
