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]

Quote by Cate Blanchett

Topics: Intelligence Quotes

Actresses can get outrageously precious about the way they look. That's not what life's about....

Actresses can get outrageously precious about the way they look. That's not what life's about....

If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously.

If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously.

You can't be trying to make a film that pleases all people, you know, so...

You can't be trying to make a film that pleases all people, you know, so...

I had never done anything with blue screen before, or prosthetics, or anything like that....

I had never done anything with blue screen before, or prosthetics, or anything like that....

I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre.

I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre.

It's important to travel and move and have a continual set of experiences so you've...

It's important to travel and move and have a continual set of experiences so you've...

I live my life parallel with my work, and they are both equally important. I'm...

I live my life parallel with my work, and they are both equally important. I'm...

It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that...

It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that...

Look, it's one of the great mysteries of the world, I cannot answer that question....

Look, it's one of the great mysteries of the world, I cannot answer that question....

Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we...

Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we...

I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's...

I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's...

If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on...

If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on...

You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know...

You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know...

I'm one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset.

I'm one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset.

I don't have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You'd be surprised...

I don't have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You'd be surprised...