I’ve known the panic of financial struggle. I didn’t grow up with money at all, and my family has certainly known the panic of, ‘Oh, gosh, where’s the next bit of money coming from?’ – Cate Blanchett
I have the embarrassing thing where often if you’re watching a film, you kind of go through the emotions and the thought stages that your character went through, but you sort of do it with Tourette’s. So I end up often crying when I’m crying, and looking angry when I’m looking angry, so it’s pretty ugly. – Cate Blanchett
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
I applaud Women in Film – not only for celebrating the successes of women, but for providing a safety network to mentor women and to discuss the particular issues that arise in a very male-dominated industry. – Cate Blanchett
My husband went through a phase of giving me vacuum cleaners, sewing machines and Mixmasters. It’s ironic. He is encouraging me to develop a hobby, I think. – Cate Blanchett
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
It is so interesting when you meet an actor in real life and they look completely different. – Cate Blanchett
Men are boys for such a long time and really don’t start getting the great roles until they’re in their mid-thirties. But then they’ve got a long time to do them, whereas for women, it’s all about playing younger and younger and younger. – Cate Blanchett
You have to surrender less when you see a film than when you go and see something live. – Cate Blanchett
I think that what appeals to me in my work is having the opportunity to inhabit different genres and so to reach different audiences. – Cate Blanchett
When a gift is difficult to give away, it becomes even more rare and precious, somehow gathering a part of the giver to the gift itself. – Cate Blanchett
I don’t have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You’d be surprised at the lack of competition between nominees – I think a lot of it’s imposed from the outside. Can I have my champagne now? – Cate Blanchett
I think at the prospect of bringing children into the world, your mortality comes very much to the forefront, absolutely. – Cate Blanchett
I remember thinking, when I was playing Hedda Gabler, that several sequences of the play were utterly absurd. – Cate Blanchett
Before having children, I think I probably approached work very differently, and you become much more economical and pragmatic about your relationship to it. – Cate Blanchett
I’m not sure if I want to direct a film, but certainly, as an actress, I’m always thinking, ‘Surely this must be my last film.’ – Cate Blanchett
It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career. – Cate Blanchett
Actresses can get outrageously precious about the way they look. That’s not what life’s about. If you starve yourself to the point where your brain cells shrivel, you will never do good work. And if you’re overly conscious of your arms flapping in the wind, how can you look the other actor in the eye to respond to them? – Cate Blanchett
I saw the first ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ film with my children, and I found it utterly exhilarating. – Cate Blanchett
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. – Cate Blanchett
When anyone plays a mother on film, there is a whole raft of judgment in that a mother is a particular archetype or that every mother is the same. That’s complete rubbish. – Cate Blanchett