Quotes By Cate Blanchett

I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre.

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?

You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit scary, actually.

The word 'circumnavigate' is quite a beautiful word.

When you're a performer, of course you want an audience, but it's very, very different from courting fame.

I think we should stop drinking bottled water. There's no need to be drinking it if you're living in western communities.

I just don't see myself as the heroine in my own narrative.

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

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.