Cate Blanchett Quotes

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.

I've reprised roles in the theatre, which is somehow more accepted, and where one can automatically go deeper and further into the role.

I live my life parallel with my work, and they are both equally important. I'm always amazed how much people talk about celebrity and fame. I don't understand the attraction.

I'm not particularly interested in playing characters that think the way I do.

I think good theaters are really important. They allow you to exist in a space with other people.

I'm not interested in playing characters who see the world through my prism. I think the journey of understanding any character is to see how they tick and how they differ from you.

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.

You can't be trying to make a film that pleases all people, you know, so it's not a concern of mine.

My everyday beauty routine is always rushed and pretty simple.

All cities do face similar, significant trends in the future... most importantly global warming and climate change.

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.

I much prefer a natural approach to beauty. You know, Coco Chanel always said to take one thing off before you leave the house, and I think that also applies to makeup.

When you go to a concert, part of being there is that you're all hearing the same thing. It's about being in a crowd. If you go to a gig and there are two people there, then it's not the same thing.

I'm the age I am, but my skin is in pretty good condition because I've been consistent with my skincare.

Look, I live in the modern world as much as anyone else.

When you're onstage, you're acutely aware of the reaction of a particular group of people, because it's like a wave.

When you're a performer, of course you want an audience, but it's very, very different from courting fame.

I think when you have a character as richly drawn, I suppose then there are subconscious, mental notes that you've made.

Audiences want to see them, and in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people.

Theater is all about foyers and conversation and digesting what you've seen.

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

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

If I'm not good at acting, I'm not good at anything else.

I'm a horrible person. And it's just coming out in my work.

Planning cities is a necessary but risky business.

I don't understand a way to work other than bold-facedly running towards failure.

It's not the normal way to look at things but I experienced death at a really young age and because of that it's been part of my mental landscape that death is really very possible.

It's important to travel and move and have a continual set of experiences so you've got more to feed back into your work. For me, it's a natural thing.

You can only desire something that you've already had in your life.

I'm not dressing for anyone else. I don't really subscribe to other people's idea of what is beautiful. I just want to feel good.

Lazy thinking is not creative or productive.

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

For me, I think the bigger something is, the more difficult it is to make it nimble and fleet afoot.

I'm not focused on what other people think of me.

To those who voted for me, thank you. And to those who didn't, better luck next year!

If you over plan New Year's Eve it's going to be a disaster so you have to be alive to changes.

The lack of racial diversity and gender diversity and the lack of female directors - those are not fashionable issues. And they're not issues that reside solely within the film industry.

Particularly at the moment, it's an incredibly optimistic thing to bring children into the world.

Culture civilizes us, and that's why every single despotic regime has tried to smash [the arts].

I was but three when he passed by, but I shall be grateful until the day I die.

When I was younger, I was actually looking forward to getting older, to have more insight, more understanding.

Well, I've never looked upon myself as being a beauty, per se.

After a run of several night events, you begin to appreciate the solitude and the quiet backstage.

My kids don't watch any TV, but they watch videos and films. I'm sure they watch it at friends' houses.

Don't you find that work, if you love it, is actually really invigorating?

Becoming artistic directors is an enormous responsibility and not one that we take lightly.

Being on stage a lot is quite physical.

Absolutely, I think that is where a scent is so powerful because it harnesses our memory and our memory is a very emotional place. I do like the smell of excitement.

My husband keeps me really honest.

I discovered early on that some performers live their life in order to act, so all their relationships are simply an experience that they can feed back into their work. Which I find vampiric.