I don't understand a way to work other than bold-facedly running towards failure. Cate Blanchett More Quotes by Cate Blanchett More Quotes From Cate Blanchett We're growing up with a very illiterate bunch of children who have somehow been taught that film is fact when, in fact, it's invention. Hopefully, an historical film will inspire people to go and read about the history but in the end it is a work of fiction and selection. As for the armour itself, no it wasn't particularly comfortable. Cate Blanchett growing-upchildrenpeople I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre. Cate Blanchett theatreactingfeels I think we should all feel lucky and blessed that people are still, in this day and age, getting in their cars with other people and driving to a location and paying money to sit in a theater and watch a play. Cate Blanchett blessedplaythinking I'm not particularly interested in playing characters that think the way I do. Cate Blanchett characterwaythinking When you're onstage, you're acutely aware of the reaction of a particular group of people, because it's like a wave. Cate Blanchett wavegroupspeople You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit scary, actually. Cate Blanchett barbie-dollsscarychildren When you're a performer, of course you want an audience, but it's very, very different from courting fame. Cate Blanchett differentwantfame I've reprised roles in the theatre, which is somehow more accepted, and where one can automatically go deeper and further into the role. Cate Blanchett acceptedtheatreroles I think when you have a character as richly drawn, I suppose then there are subconscious, mental notes that you've made. Cate Blanchett notescharacterthinking I think when something is apolitical and it gets politicised, then it's incredibly disappointing. Cate Blanchett apoliticaldisappointingthinking I think good theaters are really important. They allow you to exist in a space with other people. Cate Blanchett spacepeoplethinking o matter how much research you do, or invention you do, whether it's a character from a novel, a completely invented character or someone who actually existed, it's a work of faction. By the very fact you only have an hour and a half or two hours to tell a story, you're telescoping events and it is, in the end, a work of imagination. Cate Blanchett imaginationcharactertwo I could do a thousand films that are easy for me to do-that's if I don't fall in the next year, because everyone's about to fall. What's so funny is you look at all us young guys and we're already thinking, Well, I'm going to branch out into directing, and it's all going to be this and that. Cate Blanchett guyfallthinking What I find interesting is this ricochet effect, that the audience perceives the work and then does something with it, throws it back to the world, and there's an ongoing interaction between work and audience, which doesn't belong to the artist anymore - from the moment you release it, it doesn't belong to anybody. Cate Blanchett artistworldinteresting I finally had a honeymoon with my husband in Italy. Cate Blanchett my-husbandhusbandacting You can't really watch a theater performance by yourself. You can watch a movie by yourself, though. Cate Blanchett theaterperformanceswatches I think the downside of the Internet is that speaking-or writing-has become the point in and of itself. Cate Blanchett internetwritingthinking When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process. Cate Blanchett layersinvolvedprocess Particularly at the moment, it's an incredibly optimistic thing to bring children into the world. Cate Blanchett optimisticchildrenworld I'm one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset. Cate Blanchett strangelikesacting
