Cate Blanchett Quotes

In the current climate, things that are true, brave human stories become political.

It's been a long time since universal suffrage, and I'm sick of the old white men running the show.

You will not leave the theater with nothing to talk about. For me, comedy and tragedy when you get them both in one evening, that's the most satisfying.

See the opportunity in the misstep.

It's part of my job. You can't play Veronica Guerin sounding like this. It just wouldn't wash. But what I find fascinating about doing an accent - unless it's a farce - is that it's not slapped on.

There's not a long, entrenched tradition of theatergoing in Australia.

It's interesting when you get those roles, which seem like nothing on the page, and you kind of subvert them. It's hard to say no.

If you only exercise your soloist muscles, the other muscles quickly atrophy.

Marriage is a risk; I think it's a great and glorious risk, as long as you embark on the adventure in the same spirit.

When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process.

I think most beauty tips that work and last are kind of old.

I think at the prospect of bringing children into the world, your mortality comes very much to the forefront, absolutely.

When I see daughters with their fathers I wonder what that would be like, although not in a way that immobilises me.

Yaron has elevated the way Australia perceives circus, both nationally and internationally ... I mean remarkable.

Every director works differently.

His [Gough Whitlam's] effect on the geo-cultural-political map of Australia is so vast that wherever you stick the pin in you get a wealth of Gough's legacy.

Sometimes I think it's so good not to win those things. And, anyway, who wants to peak when they're 28?

A film is not a documentary. And what's wonderful about film is that it's a real provocation for people. I never, ever see film as being an absolute version of the truth.

I'm always without sleep. I've got two kids. I understand sleep deprivation on a profound level.

I think we should stop drinking bottled water. There's no need to be drinking it if you're living in western communities.

You can't really watch a theater performance by yourself. You can watch a movie by yourself, though.

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 to then feed it into my work.

I look at someone's face and I see the work before I see the person. I personally don't think people look better when they do it; they just look different.

When something is a vocation, you don't really make a decision about it.

I don't consciously think of how parenthood has changed me but I'm sure it must have.

There's a lot of anti-Semitism, and it's not just against the Jewish.

I think the downside of the Internet is that speaking-or writing-has become the point in and of itself.

I'm incredibly lucky that my profession allows me to be where I choose, really.

People love events - they love performances, they love music - and I think Australians are great entertainers.

You have to surrender less when you see a film than when you go and see something live.

There are certain things in ancient practices that are not worth adhering to.

I do tend to move on anyway. This is a part of my life, but it doesn't rule my life.

Oftentimes you walk on set and then suddenly you're in bed with someone who you've never met before.

Wouldn't it be nice if the internet blew up?

You can't really achieve anything in three years.

Working with Woody [Allen] is like an emotional strip club without the cash.

Theater is a space where you cross over from everyday life, because there are real people in that moment moving in front of you-you're being invited to believe in a story and cross that bridge.

Theater is a space where you cross over from everyday life, because there are real people in that moment moving in front of you - you're being invited to believe in a story and cross that bridge.

Who would want a face that hasn't seen or lived properly, hasn't got any wrinkles that come with age, experience and laughter? Not me, anyway.

I'm incredibly fortunate to have met the intelligent, generous, risk-taking, stimulating man to whom I am married. He's really amazing.

I love 'Annie Hall, ' but then I adore 'Hannah and Her Sisters.' Dianne Wiest is amazing in 'Bullets Over Broadway, ' but her in 'Hannah and Her Sisters, ' I absolutely loved it.

I think the only thing I knew for sure is that I wanted to, whatever I did, I wanted to travel with my work, an adventurous spirit.

I don't think it's more difficult for actors to have a good marriage than anyone. I think, in the end, a really important component of any relationship is honesty, and it also comes down to luck.

I think marriage is all about timing.

I think about my father and how sad it was that he never had grandchildren.

Being in Australia, I was really sun conscious. For a couple of summers there, I did the baby oil thing, and my my mom said, 'Just don't. You'll regret it.'