It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career.

Quote by Cate Blanchett

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I certainly think that when I flick through all the magazines at the hairdresser's I...

I certainly think that when I flick through all the magazines at the hairdresser's I...

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....

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 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...

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

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

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 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...

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 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.

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...

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 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...

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....