Look, it's one of the great mysteries of the world, I cannot answer that question. I think I'm vaguely blonde. To be perfectly frank, I don't know. (Cate Blanchett)
I don't have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You'd be surprised at the lack of competition between nominees - I think a lot of it's imposed from the outside. Can I have my champagne now? (Cate Blanchett)
If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously. (Cate Blanchett)
When we were in England last week, people were making parallels between Elizabeth's situation with Elizabethan paparazzi, I guess, and Diana, ... And now we're in the States, where people are talking about Clinton, how his personal life is up for grabs rather then his political platforms, which is kind of I guess a similar situation that Elizabeth found herself in. (Cate Blanchett)
I finally had a honeymoon with my husband in Italy. (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. (Cate Blanchett)
I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre. (Cate Blanchett)
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)
When you play someone as terrifyingly well-known as Katharine Hepburn, it's a team effort. (Cate Blanchett)
I had never done anything with blue screen before, or prosthetics, or anything like that. Lord of the Rings was like stepping into a videogame for me. It was another world completely. But, to be honest, I basically did it so that I could have the ears. I thought they would really work with my bare head.Working with Martin Scorsese was an absolute minute-by-minute education without him ever being grandiose about it. (Cate Blanchett)
You can't be trying to make a film that pleases all people, you know, so it's not a concern of mine. (Cate Blanchett)
I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's just unfolding before me. (Cate Blanchett)
I'm one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset. (Cate Blanchett)
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. (Cate Blanchett)
I certainly think that when I flick through all the magazines at the hairdresser's I like to see and am drawn to images that have an intelligence and mind at work behind them. On models (Cate Blanchett)