Quotes By Cate Blanchett

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.

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 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.

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

I'm really lazy!

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

If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously.

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.

Every director works differently.

I'm scared of actors with a scheme.

I'm not particularly interested in playing characters that think the way I do.

Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind eye to them.

I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's just unfolding before me.

It's important to travel and move and have a continual set of experiences so you've got more to feed back into your work. For me, it's a natural thing.

All cities do face similar, significant trends in the future... most importantly global warming and climate change.

The one thing that all great cities have in common is that they are all different.

You can't really achieve anything in three years.

I don't have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You'd be surprised at the lack of competition between nominees - I think a lot of it's imposed from the outside. Can I have my champagne now?

I'm not well read.

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

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

I had never done anything with blue screen before, or prosthetics, or anything like that. Lord of the Rings was like stepping into a videogame for me. It was another world completely. But, to be honest, I basically did it so that I could have the ears. I thought they would really work with my bare head.Working with Martin Scorsese was an absolute minute-by-minute education without him ever being grandiose about it.

I'm very old fashioned.

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.

Marriage is a risk; I think it's a great and glorious risk, as long as you embark on the adventure in the same spirit.