Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett

People tend to look great if they feel great.

Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett

I would have loved to have been an architect - which, actually, would have been a disaster.

Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett

There's very little reason in politics these days.

Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett

The Oscar is very beautiful, utterly mesmeric, but I don't feel any more important because I have won one. It doesn't mean I'm any better than anyone.

Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett

I saw the first 'How to Train Your Dragon' film with my children, and I found it utterly exhilarating.

Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett

I'm from Australia, where the film industry is potent but small.

Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett

I think sometimes when you're working consistently in film, and maybe this is just me, but you do feel quite dislocated from your audience.

Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett

You know, you do have a self-awareness as an actor.

Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett

There are certain people who prize celebrity over substance. That makes the media world go round. The media needs those people to exist.

Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett

I look forward to the holiday season every year.

Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett

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

Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett

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

Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett

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.

Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett

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

Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett

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.

Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett

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
Cate Blanchett

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.

Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett

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

Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett

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
Cate Blanchett

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.