Cate Blanchett

“When I see daughters with their fathers I wonder what that would be like, although not in a way that immobilises me.”

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

“My husband keeps me really honest.”

“I've been mostly influenced by experiences in the theater growing up.”

“I just don't see myself as the heroine in my own narrative.”

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

“Particularly at the moment, it's an incredibly optimistic thing to bring children into the world.”

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

“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.”

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

“Playing the lead in a film where you shoot for three months away from home is not an easy thing for me when my children are in school and my husband is running a theatre company.”

“אתה אף פעם לא ממש מכיר את וודי אלן. הוא לא מסוג האנשים שאתה יכול לדפוק על דלתם ולומר: 'יש לי את הרעיון המעניין הזה'. את רק צריכה לקוות שהוא כתב את שמך על פיסת נייר קטנה איפשהו ויום אחד הוא יתקשר ויגיד: 'יש לי תסריט שאני רוצה שתקראי'.”

“אף אחד הוא לא מי שהוא מתיימר להיות. ואני מניחה שהכי מעניין אותי הוא הפער בין מי שאנחנו מראים חברתית לבין מי שאנחנו באמת.”

“נישואין הם סיכון לדעתי זה סיכון גדול ומפואר כל עוד אתה יוצא להרפתקה באותה רוח.”

“אם אתה יודע שאתה הולך להיכשל, אז תיכשל בתפארת!”

“I'm very fast.”

“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.”

“You can't be trying to make a film that pleases all people, you know, so it's not a concern of mine.”

“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.”

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