Cate Blanchett quotes Oscar nominee for 'Elizabeth' (1998) Born: 05/14/1969 Country: australia

• “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) [/perfect]
• “If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously.” (Cate Blanchett) [fail/fail]
• “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. [When asked what colour her hair is]” (Cate Blanchett) [question/think]
• “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)
• “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.” (Cate Blanchett) [lord]
• “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) [think/intelligence/mind]
• “Working with Martin Scorsese was an absolute minute-by-minute education without him ever being grandiose about it.” (Cate Blanchett) [absolute/education/being]
• “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) [competition/think]
• “Thank you to Martin Scorsese - I hope my son will marry your daughter.” (Cate Blanchett) [willpower]
• “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) [film/people]
• “That's absolutely what Tracy comes to incorporate into her sense of self,” (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) [more]
• “I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre.” (Cate Blanchett)
• “due to her fluctuating filming schedule.” (Cate Blanchett)
• “When you play someone as terrifyingly well-known as Katharine Hepburn, it's a team effort.” (Cate Blanchett) [team]
• “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) [people/situation/people/life]
• “I finally had a honeymoon with my husband in Italy.” (Cate Blanchett)
• “and for casting me. He cast me on instinct, not with any concern to box office, so I thank him eternally.” (Cate Blanchett) [instinct/office]
• “Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned (and) we should not turn a blind eye to them.” (Cate Blanchett) [bad]
• Actresses can get outrageously precious about the way they look. That's not what life's about. If you starve yourself to the point where your brain cells shrivel, you will never do good work. And if you're overly conscious of your arms flapping in the wind, how can you look the other actor in the eye to respond to them? Cate Blanchett (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)
• I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre. (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)
• I live my life parallel with my work, and they are both equally important. I'm always amazed how much people talk about celebrity and fame. I don't understand the attraction. (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)
• 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)
• If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously. (Cate Blanchett)
• It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career. (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)
• 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)

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