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Cate Blanchett, born on May 14, 1969, is an internationally renowned Australian actress. Known for her unique acting style and versatility, she has won numerous international awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actress. Blanchett has starred in several classic films, such as the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy and 'Blue Jasmine'.

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Famous Cate Blanchett Quotes

“If you know why someone is doing what they're doing, why they're behaving the way they are, then that's your job to reveal that, and often that's situational. The storytelling does that, and then some of it's your job as an actor to make that subtext come to life.”

Ifs Knows Way Doe Jobs Actors Storytelling Subtext

Author:Cate Blanchett

“I think marriage is all about timing. Getting married is insanity; I mean, it's a risk - who knows if you're going to be together forever? But you both say, 'We're going to take this chance, in the same spirit.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Mean Together Spirit Chance Forever Risk Married Insanity Timing Getting Married Together Forever

Author:Cate Blanchett

“If you only exercise your soloist muscles, the other muscles quickly atrophy.”

Ifs Exercise Muscles Atrophy

Author:Cate Blanchett

“I often have a few scents depending on if I'm playing a character. The character may be wearing a scent that perhaps I wouldn't wear. We've all got different moods and ways we want to express ourselves; scent is a very powerful way to let people in to your secret life.”

People Ifs Way Want May Different Character Powerful Secret Mood Scent Perfume Very Powerful Secret Life Different Moods

Author:Cate Blanchett

“Fashion is one thing, you kind of can change your silhouette and try this and try that. But I think that with skin care, you know anything that you put into your skin goes into your body, so you want to know it's actually good for you. So I think I don't believe in fashion when it comes to skin care if that makes sense.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Want Trying Believe Kind Body Care One Thing Fashion Skins Don't Believe Your Body Make Sense Silhouettes Skin Care

Author:Cate Blanchett

“I'm not interested in saying what people should and shouldn't do. It depends on how people feel about themselves. I suppose personally if you do anything out of fear or to mask who you are, then that's a bit scary. You've got to work with what you got.”

People Ifs Feels Should Bits Depends Who You Are Scary Mask Not Interested

Author: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.”

People Ifs Two Crowds Hearing Concerts Gigs Being There

Author:Cate Blanchett

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

Ifs Speak Opinion Okay Silent

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“If I'm not good at acting, I'm not good at anything else.”

Author:Cate Blanchett

“Wouldn't it be nice if the internet blew up?”

Ifs Nice Internet Being Nice

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“Any industry loses its innovation and loses its access to creative juices if you don't have progressive thinking and diversity.”

Ifs Thinking Loses Creative Industry Diversity Innovation Access Progressive Juice Creative Juices

Author:Cate Blanchett

“If you think about Audrey Hepburn, I think she became more beautiful when she stopped being an actress and started working with humanitarian campaigns. The more engaged you can become the more you can shed your self-consciousness.”

Ifs Thinking Self Beautiful Consciousness Humanitarian Actresses Campaigns Engaged Shed Self Consciousness Hepburn Audrey

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“If you over plan New Year's Eve it's going to be a disaster so you have to be alive to changes.”

Ifs Years Alive Plans Disaster New Year New Years Eve

Author:Cate Blanchett

“The first thing is to accept that theater is an unknown. If you go to a concert, you know the music. If you go to an art show, you can literally see the art on your phone before you see it in person. But with theater, often times people aren't prepared to take risks, even though that's exactly what's great about it.”

People Ifs Knows Firsts Persons Art Shows Accepting Risk Theater Prepared Phones Concerts

Author:Cate Blanchett

“The great thing about theater is that when it's great, you'll remember it for the rest of your life. But if you go see ten shows, you'll only get five - if you're lucky - that'll give you that experience. But the rest, at the very least, will be interesting.”

Ifs Giving Shows Remember Interesting Five Lucky Ten Theater Great Things Rest Of Your Life

Author: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.”

Ifs Way States Enough Would Be Perfect Lucky Expectations Disappointment My Way Excitement If I Could Disappointment Love Disappointment In Friends Life Disappointment

Author:Cate Blanchett

“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.”

Ifs Age Enemy Roles Brother Lovers Stranger Intimacy Birthday Colleagues Soulmate Brothers And Sisters Your Soulmate Friend Enemy

Author:Cate Blanchett

“Don't you find that work, if you love it, is actually really invigorating?”

Ifs Invigorating

Author:Cate Blanchett

“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?”

Ifs Way Looks Eye Actors Acting Brain Wind Arms Conscious Actresses Cells Good Work Brain Cells Flapping

Author:Cate Blanchett

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

Ifs Thinking Needs Should Water Community Drinking Western Stop Drinking Bottled Water

Author:Cate Blanchett

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

Ifs Knows Inspirational Motivation Attitude Failing

Author:Cate Blanchett

“I have the embarrassing thing where often if you're watching a film, you kind of go through the emotions and the thought stages that your character went through, but you sort of do it with Tourette's. So I end up often crying when I'm crying, and looking angry when I'm looking angry, so it's pretty ugly.”

Ifs Kind Ends Character Film Emotion Stage Cry Angry Ugly Embarrassing Tourettes

Author:Cate Blanchett

“Oh god, I wish. I really wish. If I'm time-poor, which I usually am, that's the first thing to go. And I know it shouldn't be, I know I should be really regular, but I like to get it done as quickly as possible.”

Ifs Knows Should Firsts Done Wish Poor Makeup Get It Done

Author:Cate Blanchett

“When you’ve had children, your body changes; there’s history to it. I like the evolution of that history; I’m fortunate to be with somebody who likes the evolution of that history. I think it’s important to not eradicate it. I look at someone’s face and I see the work before I see the person... You’re certainly not staving off the inevitable. And if you’re doing it out of fear, that fear’s still going to be seen through your eyes. The windows to your soul, they say.”

Ifs Thinking Looks Children Persons Stills Important Soul Body Eye Faces Evolution Window Your Body Likes Inevitable Your Soul Fortunate Surgery Plastic Surgery Body Change

Author:Cate Blanchett

“I love theatre - it's where I started - and I've directed a play myself. I'm not sure if I want to direct a film, but certainly, as an actress, I'm always thinking, 'Surely this must be my last film.'”

Ifs Thinking Want Play Lasts Film Direct Actresses Theatre Not Sure Always Thinking

Author:Cate Blanchett

About the Author

Born: May 14, 1969
Known for: Actress
Quotes: 205

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