Top 211 Quotes by Cate Blanchett

The great thing about not being American is that you don't assume you know what a Southern accent sounds like, so you have to be specific.

I want to be able to follow the example of those extraordinary British actresses who move effortlessly from film to TV to theatre roles.

I'm not particularly interested in playing characters that think the way I do.

I'm not well read.

I want to see a connected and progressive future for Australia, where we harness our greatest natural resources: sun, wind, and brain power.

I remember thinking, when I was playing Hedda Gabler, that several sequences of the play were utterly absurd.

I'm not focused on what other people think of me.

Being on stage a lot is quite physical.

For me, I think the bigger something is, the more difficult it is to make it nimble and fleet afoot.

I'm not interested in playing characters who see the world through my prism; I think the journey of understanding any character is to see how they tick and how they differ from you.