You have to know how to evolve with age without trying to hang on to your younger image of yourself from the past. – Cate Blanchett
I tend to have this perverse reaction to authority and stress: I become more confident and clear when a challenge is enormous. – Cate Blanchett
When I see daughters with their fathers I wonder what that would be like, although not in a way that immobilises me. – Cate Blanchett
The Oscar is very beautiful, utterly mesmeric, but I don’t feel any more important because I have won one. It doesn’t mean I’m any better than anyone. – Cate Blanchett
I remember the first film I did, the lead actor would, in between scenes, be reading a newspaper or sleeping and I’d think, ‘How can you do that?’ But it’s so exhausting, you can’t be ‘on’ 12-14 hours a day. – Cate Blanchett
People who say, ‘There’s nothing to fear from spiders’ have clearly never been to Australia. – Cate Blanchett
I admire the work of brilliant actresses such as Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Helen Mirren, who have had such varied careers. They have never stopped working, and they are as great today as they ever were. – Cate Blanchett
We’ve enshrined the purity, sanctity, value, and importance of bringing children into the world, yet we don’t discuss death. There used to be an enshrined period where mourning was a necessary part of going through the process of grieving; death wasn’t considered morbid or antisocial. But that’s totally gone. – Cate Blanchett
I use the Philip Kingsley range of shampoos, and they’ve got a great elasticiser, which is fantastic. I wrap my hair in cling film and put that on. – Cate Blanchett
You do not want to be in a creative organisation with everybody being like-minded and stroking each other’s creative egos. You want differences of opinion… constructively. – Cate Blanchett
For me, I think the bigger something is, the more difficult it is to make it nimble and fleet afoot. – Cate Blanchett
You can’t be trying to make a film that pleases all people, you know, so it’s not a concern of mine. – Cate Blanchett
There are very few issues that lie specifically in one region now. Polio in Syria doesn’t affect Syria alone. I don’t think any issue can ever be isolated into local politics these days, because we all know too much. – Cate Blanchett
I’m a much healthier person through my relationship with my husband. I’ve become a more fulfilled person – it’s a great partnership. – Cate Blanchett
We’re constantly morphing into different outward manifestations of ourselves. That’s what I find curious about people. – Cate Blanchett
I’m incredibly fortunate to have met the intelligent, generous, risk-taking, stimulating man to whom I am married. He’s really amazing. – Cate Blanchett
I never want to work. Even when you’re presented with these great opportunities, I think, ‘I really love being in my pajamas with the kids.’ – Cate Blanchett
We keep making the same mistakes as a species, and you can usually draw it back to the fact that we are all terrified of dying. We also all think that we are going to escape it until we get to 65! – Cate Blanchett
I don’t consciously think of how parenthood has changed me but I’m sure it must have. – Cate Blanchett
I believe that a creative career is only as good as the risks that you take with it. – Cate Blanchett
I think the more you do as an actor, the more facility you have to switch on and off. – Cate Blanchett
I want to be able to follow the example of those extraordinary British actresses who move effortlessly from film to TV to theatre roles. – Cate Blanchett