Quotes By Cate Blanchett

I'm not well read.

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

I'm not sitting on a soapbox telling women what they should and shouldn't do, but I know what works for me.

I'm very old fashioned.

When you're onstage, you're acutely aware of the reaction of a particular group of people, because it's like a wave.

I'm so misunderstood!

I think it's always good to take on things that at first seem bigger than you. Then you just try and surmount them.

I discovered early on that some performers live their life in order to act, so all their relationships are simply an experience that they can feed back into their work. Which I find vampiric.

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?

Things present themselves to you, and it's how you choose to deal with them that reveals who you are. We all say a lot of things, don't we, about who we are and how we think. But in the end it's your actions, how you respond to circumstance that reveals your character.

Being on stage a lot is quite physical.

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

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

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

Look, it's one of the great mysteries of the world, I cannot answer that question. I think I'm vaguely blonde. To be perfectly frank, I don't know.

It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career.

Planning cities is a necessary but risky business.

I'm very fast.

Some ideas, like what you're going to do with your life, take time to form.

If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state.

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

My husband keeps me really honest.

Particularly at the moment, it's an incredibly optimistic thing to bring children into the world.

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.

I live my life parallel with my work, and they are both equally important. I'm always amazed how much people talk about celebrity and fame. I don't understand the attraction.

Look, I live in the modern world as much as anyone else.

You can't be trying to make a film that pleases all people, you know, so it's not a concern of mine.

There is not a lot of separation between work and home life.

If you age with somebody, you go through so many roles - you're lovers, friends, enemies, colleagues, strangers; you're brother and sister. That's what intimacy is, if you're with your soulmate.

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.'