Cate Blanchett Quotes

Australian - Actress Born: May 14, 1969

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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. Cate Blanchett

Age, Brother, Sister, Colleagues, You

An actress once advised me, 'Make sure you do your own laundry - it will keep you honest.' Cate Blanchett

Me, You, Own, Will, Laundry, Your

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

I Am, Know, Next, Happiest, Coming, Am

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

You, Know, Going, Fail, Then

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. Cate Blanchett

City, Mind, Relax, Australia, Expression

The word 'circumnavigate' is quite a beautiful word. Cate Blanchett

Beautiful, Quite, Word, Beautiful Word

The more you can remove the obstacles between you and the world as a woman, the easier and simpler life becomes. Cate Blanchett

Life, Woman, World, You, Obstacles, More

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. Cate Blanchett

Good, Truth, People, Job, Liar, Born

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

Racism, Violence, Eye, Bad, Blind, Turn

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

Water, Think, You, Stop, Need, Living

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I look forward to the holiday season every year. Cate Blanchett

Look, Forward, Holiday, Year, Season

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

Light, History, Power, Great, Facts

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. Cate Blanchett

Character, Think, You, End, Choose, Say

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. Cate Blanchett

Time, Together, Lunch, Sunday, Heaven

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. Cate Blanchett

Life, Great, Disappointment, Chance, Way

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

Fear, People, Never, Australia, Say, Who

When a gift is difficult to give away, it becomes even more rare and precious, somehow gathering a part of the giver to the gift itself. Cate Blanchett

Gift, Difficult, Gathering, Precious

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

Mother, Pollution, Passionate, Cost

I'm one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset. Cate Blanchett

Strange, Who, Likes, Really, Those

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. Cate Blanchett

Life, Moment, People, Believe, Space

When something is a vocation, you don't really make a decision about it. Cate Blanchett

Decision, You, Something, Make, Vocation

I have a very healthy relationship to my work, and I find that if a scene is working, no matter how intense it is, you have the catharsis on screen, and you can let it go. I think it's, if at the end of the day you feel like you haven't cracked it, that's when you go home and it's more difficult to switch off. Cate Blanchett

Work, Home, Relationship, Day, Think

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. Cate Blanchett

Death, Children, Value, World, Process

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

Friend, Best, Friends, Girlfriends, Many

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

You, Exercise, Only, Your, Muscles

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. Cate Blanchett

Work, Travel, Me, You, Back, Important

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