It seems like people increasingly just can't be by themselves because they're so used to having an epicenter on the Internet that actually exists for other people. Until someone clicks onto your Facebook page, it doesn't mean anything. Cate Blanchett More Quotes by Cate Blanchett More Quotes From Cate Blanchett I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre. Cate Blanchett theatre acting feels 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 blessed play thinking I'm not particularly interested in playing characters that think the way I do. Cate Blanchett character way thinking 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 wave groups people 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-dolls scary children When you're a performer, of course you want an audience, but it's very, very different from courting fame. Cate Blanchett different want fame 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 accepted theatre roles I think when you have a character as richly drawn, I suppose then there are subconscious, mental notes that you've made. Cate Blanchett notes character thinking I think when something is apolitical and it gets politicised, then it's incredibly disappointing. Cate Blanchett apolitical disappointing thinking I think good theaters are really important. They allow you to exist in a space with other people. Cate Blanchett space people thinking 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 imagination character two 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 guy fall thinking 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 artist world interesting I finally had a honeymoon with my husband in Italy. Cate Blanchett my-husband husband acting You can't really watch a theater performance by yourself. You can watch a movie by yourself, though. Cate Blanchett theater performances watches I think the downside of the Internet is that speaking-or writing-has become the point in and of itself. Cate Blanchett internet writing thinking When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process. Cate Blanchett layers involved process Particularly at the moment, it's an incredibly optimistic thing to bring children into the world. Cate Blanchett optimistic children world I'm one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset. Cate Blanchett strange likes acting If you only exercise your soloist muscles, the other muscles quickly atrophy. Cate Blanchett atrophy muscles exercise
