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.’ Cate Blanchett Read Quote
My kids don’t watch any TV, but they watch videos and films. I’m sure they watch it at friends’ houses. Cate Blanchett Read Quote
I’m not sitting on a soapbox telling women what they should and shouldn’t do, but I know what works for me. Cate Blanchett Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The great thing about not being American is that you don’t assume you know what a Southern accent sounds like, so you have to be specific. Cate Blanchett Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I think that’s what I love about my life. There’s no maniacal master plan. It’s just unfolding before me. Cate Blanchett Read Quote
People love events – they love performances, they love music – and I think Australians are great entertainers. Cate Blanchett Read Quote
I have a very healthy relationship to my work, and I find that if a scene is working, no matter how intense it is, you have the catharsis on screen, and you can let it go. I think it’s, if at the end of the day you feel like you haven’t cracked it, that’s when you go home and it’s more difficult to switch off. Cate Blanchett Read Quote
