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It is so interesting when you meet an actor in real life and they look completely different.

Inhibition is something I notice in hamstrung actors all the time. They can be wonderful up to a point and then become very self-conscious.

I cook a mean Sunday lunch. My idea of Heaven is a lunch outside on a beautifully sunny Sunday afternoon. It's the time to gather everyone together.

Like any mum, I fear some mysterious illness befalling my children.

People who say, 'There's nothing to fear from spiders' have clearly never been to Australia.

People assume actors are born liars, but I'd argue the actor's job is to tell the truth. And I've realised I'm not a good liar.

I think it's so easy to be judgmental of other people's decisions.

As an actor, I endeavor to find the reason in the unreasonable. Because no one thinks they are being unreasonable or unrealistic or demanding or behaving madly. We all see ourselves as being justified.

The power of the story sheds a light and great perspective on well known facts. The power of cinema draws on that collective history.

After two kids, I hit the pillow and go straight to sleep.

There is so much talent in Australia.

I care about climate change because of our children. I want to safeguard their future.

I want to see a connected and progressive future for Australia, where we harness our greatest natural resources: sun, wind, and brain power.

I've known the panic of financial struggle. I didn't grow up with money at all, and my family has certainly known the panic of, 'Oh, gosh, where's the next bit of money coming from?'

My father died when I was young, and after he did, my mother had it tough. Very tough.

A lot of people are frightened by old age - by being around people who are, basically, on their way out - but I'm fascinated by it. It's an amazing thing to be around someone who has had a life well lived.

I think that what appeals to me in my work is having the opportunity to inhabit different genres and so to reach different audiences.

I always dressed as a man when I was at school. I loved wearing a tie and a shirt, and I was always wearing suits. Annie Lennox was my hero. I was always playing men in high school.

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

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.

In my career, I thought I've never wanted to get anywhere in particular. I just wanted to work with interesting people on interesting projects.

Fine-tuning a play like 'Uncle Vanya,' which is already well-known to the people playing it, is not so much a verbal exercise as it is a visceral one.

I would really have liked to have gone to Broadway with 'A Streetcar Named Desire.' I was proud of that.

I think marriage is all about timing.

I don't like a heavy mask of make-up day or night - mascara and a bit of bronzer.

Armani makes a fantastic lip gloss called 'Beige 100.'

I love dressing up, although that doesn't mean necessarily on the school run.

I'm not interested in using my father's death as some touch point for why I've become an actor - it's grossly opportunistic.

I'm constantly humbled.

People are always saying they loved me in 'Titanic.'

There is a societal cost of increased pollution, and that's what I'm passionate about as a mother.

Australia is a remarkable country with incredible technical and physical resources and a capacity to be a world leader in renewables.

Conservatism is affecting the way women perceive who they are in the world.

In every war, there's looting.

Because the picture is called 'Veronica Guerin,' you expect a biopic. But it's really about the last two years of her life.

I think our Western society is very much about, 'Tuck your head in; make sure you're safe. Don't rock the boat.'

Every time I create a character, I don't assume they speak like I do, even if they're Australian.

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.

My husband went through a phase of giving me vacuum cleaners, sewing machines and Mixmasters. It's ironic. He is encouraging me to develop a hobby, I think.

Who would want a face that hasn't seen or lived properly, hasn't got any wrinkles that come with age, experience and laughter? Not me, anyway.

Louise Frogley is a brilliant designer. I always find her wardrobe fittings really informative and creative. Together, you kick images and ideas around.

We're constantly morphing into different outward manifestations of ourselves. That's what I find curious about people.

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.'

I believe that a creative career is only as good as the risks that you take with it.

I tend to use really basic creams, and I like to put an oil on, like an emu oil from Australia. It's from the emu, and it's really nourishing. I prefer an oil to a cream.

When you are proud of something you have done, and you have made a film you feel has merit, and it's found an audience and is critically well received, that's a pretty pleasurable place to be. I mean, you don't want it gathering dust at the bottom of someone's DVD collection.

When anyone plays a mother on film, there is a whole raft of judgment in that a mother is a particular archetype or that every mother is the same. That's complete rubbish.

Those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center are niche experiences - they are not. Audiences want to see them and, in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people.

I can be a real pessimist. You know that when you win an Oscar, and you walk offstage, and your first thought is: 'Oh God, I've peaked.'

You don't ever really get to know Woody Allen.

I applaud Women in Film - not only for celebrating the successes of women, but for providing a safety network to mentor women and to discuss the particular issues that arise in a very male-dominated industry.

You have to know how to evolve with age without trying to hang on to your younger image of yourself from the past.

I want to be able to follow the example of those extraordinary British actresses who move effortlessly from film to TV to theatre roles.

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.

Ageing is something that both men and women are utterly terrified about.

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

Believe it or not, I'm pretty good at just doing nothing.

I'm either sitting very still or running very fast.

I think there are way too many films made, and I've probably made way too many films.

I guess I prefer to be quite private. It's a myth that actors are exhibitionists.

When I came out of drama school, I was in a shared house in Sydney.

I grew up listening to music and going to the theatre.

I don't mind not looking conventionally - you know, attractive if that's what the part requires.

I don't feel like, 'Now I'm a great actress.'

When you're stretching yourself, as a role like 'Blue Jasmine' did for me, you risk falling flat on your face.

Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I have to write everything down.

I'm incredibly fortunate to have met the intelligent, generous, risk-taking, stimulating man to whom I am married. He's really amazing.

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.

We've enshrined the purity, sanctity, value, and importance of bringing children into the world, yet we don't discuss death. There used to be an enshrined period where mourning was a necessary part of going through the process of grieving; death wasn't considered morbid or antisocial. But that's totally gone.

I think about my father and how sad it was that he never had grandchildren.

When my husband turned 40, I was obsessed. 'Has he had his medical checkup?' He needed to go to the doctor; he needed to go to the dentist. Any little cough, I was really on him. Then he turned 40, and I thought, 'Maybe that's why I've been so obsessed with his health!'

I think I just want to garden - or kill some plants, in my case.

I think if you're going to wear a red lip, you don't want it wearing you, so it's about finding the right colour.

For 'Blue Jasmine,' I made a decision not to wear any make up in the last shot of the film, as I felt like she had such a mask on - I thought it would be a good idea to leave her with nothing and become completely transparent.

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.

I am happiest when I don't know what's coming next.

Theater is a space where you cross over from everyday life, because there are real people in that moment moving in front of you - you're being invited to believe in a story and cross that bridge.

You have to surrender less when you see a film than when you go and see something live.

When you go to a concert, part of being there is that you're all hearing the same thing. It's about being in a crowd. If you go to a gig and there are two people there, then it's not the same thing.

I'm of the opinion that it's okay to be silent, to not speak if you don't have anything to say.

You're always more critical of your own country. People will talk about stuff in Britain, and I'll go: 'Aw, it's not that bad,' but at home, it's different. It's inside you.

There are very few issues that lie specifically in one region now. Polio in Syria doesn't affect Syria alone. I don't think any issue can ever be isolated into local politics these days, because we all know too much.

No one is ever who they purport to be.

We need to keep switching up the language around climate change.

I think when I was pregnant with my first child - he's about 10 or 11 now - I first noticed changes in my skin, which can make you panic a bit. I had a bit of melasma.

Suddenly, my friend's daughters are becoming my best friends. I have so many 12-year-old girlfriends.

I don't know, maybe my sons will be gay.

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