Don't you find that work, if you love it, is actually really invigorating? Cate Blanchett More Quotes by Cate Blanchett More Quotes From Cate Blanchett What I love about the theater is that you know who you're acting for: your audience. And the thing I find really hard in film is, you don't. The audience is invisible. And we're sitting there, hoping there's other people out there. Cate Blanchett acting sitting people I think the terrifying thing is you see all these people who go to the same cosmetic surgeon, and they end up, after a while, looking like everyone. Cate Blanchett cosmetics people thinking I think we should stop drinking bottled water. There's no need to be drinking it if you're living in western communities. The other thing I would suggest - and I feel it particularly here in Australia, because we have very severe drought - is to be aware of how much you're actually consuming. Right now, it's very rainy, but that doesn't mean we can drink all the water we want. Conserving and constantly thinking, "how much do I really need?" should definitely be part of our vocabulary. Cate Blanchett drinking mean thinking 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. Cate Blanchett actors doe jobs I was quite shocked at the tone I took and the judgements I had of the relationship that she embarked on, you know, sex with a minor. But it's the stuff of great drama. Cate Blanchett judgement drama sex I think often women can feel isolated and feel like they get into a rut and don't quite know how to get out of it. Cate Blanchett ruts feels thinking Onscreen, babies and animals are my inspiration. They're so alive and there and not messed up in the head the way I am. Cate Blanchett inspiration animal baby To record something on your iPhone to be watched later, that's like the opposite of theater. The joy of being there is experiencing it with other people. It doesn't translate onto your phone. It's about being present. Cate Blanchett iphone phones opposites The emoji still doesn't really speak to the complexity that actually - or the subtext that goes on between when people actually speak face-to-face. Cate Blanchett goes-on faces people It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career. Cate Blanchett motivation careers moving I believe that a creative career is only as good as the risks that you take with it. Cate Blanchett careers creative believe What you're trying to do as an actor is somehow trick yourself into believing that these words have never been said, and so you've got to discover them for the first time. Cate Blanchett actors trying believe I am the age that I am and I am trying to do the best with what I got. Cate Blanchett do-the-best age trying 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 acting eye racism I think Pilates is great, especially when you can do it with a trainer who keeps you on track. Cate Blanchett pilates track thinking We change people's lives, at the risk of our own. We change countries, governments, history, gravity. After gravity, culture is the thing that holds humanity in place, in an otherwise constantly shifting and, let's face it, tiny outcrop in the middle of an infinity of nowhere. Cate Blanchett government country people I remember when I was 26. My father died when I was young and my mother didn't have a lot of money, so I thought, 'I want to own a flat by the time I'm 26.' So I worked towards that, literally trying to scrimp and save. But sometimes those plans don't go as you expect. Cate Blanchett mother trying father There is not a lot of separation between work and home life. Cate Blanchett home-life separation home Perhaps being a parent has changed career more in that you ask yourself how long you'll be away from home. My eldest child is approaching school age so that becomes more important. They're less portable. Cate Blanchett home children school To become a painter or a sculptor or a graphic designer is quite an isolated way to spend your life. Cate Blanchett painter designer way
