Quotes By Cate Blanchett

Well, I've never looked upon myself as being a beauty, per se.

I don't consciously think of how parenthood has changed me but I'm sure it must have.

If you only exercise your soloist muscles, the other muscles quickly atrophy.

There's an expression in Australia that's called 'Go Bush,' which means to get out of the city and relax. I try and 'go bush' to places where there's no cell reception. But, I don't get to do that often, so for the most part, it's just a state of mind.

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

My kids don't watch any TV, but they watch videos and films. I'm sure they watch it at friends' houses.

I've an enormous respect for my mother who at the age of 39 raised three children, and I grew up with my grandmother in the household. And so it was a really strong household of women - my poor brother! It was great growing up with so many generations of women.

There's not a long, entrenched tradition of theatergoing in Australia.

It's not the normal way to look at things but I experienced death at a really young age and because of that it's been part of my mental landscape that death is really very possible.

I'm really lazy!