Cate Blanchett Quotes

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Cate Blanchett

Profession : Actress

Birth : May 14, 1969

When I have my moments of insomnia, you'll find me on style.com.

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 said to Martin Scorsese, 'When are you going to make another film with a woman at the center?'

Cate Blanchett

No one is ever who they purport to be.

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

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

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'm not particularly needy, and I'm not particularly anxious. I don't look for a director to tell me I'm doing a good job or that I'm great. I don't need to be stroked. It's more my own yardstick.

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I'm from Australia, where the film industry is potent but small.

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I feel very comfortable - literally and metaphorically - in my skin.

Cate Blanchett

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

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

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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.

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

Cate Blanchett

I think my understanding of different types of love has certainly deepened.

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

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.

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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

I'm scared of actors with a scheme.

Cate Blanchett

I look forward to the holiday season every year.

Cate Blanchett