Quotes from Cate Blanchett

I haven't got many anecdotes. Maybe I should do something scandalous.

I'm scared of actors with a scheme.

I've known the panic of financial struggle. I didn't grow up with money at all, and my family has certainly known the panic of, 'Oh, gosh, where's the next bit of money coming from?'

I don't consciously think of how parenthood has changed me but I'm sure it must have.

I'm a much healthier person through my relationship with my husband. I've become a more fulfilled person - it's a great partnership.

When something is a vocation, you don't really make a decision about it.

You know, you do have a self-awareness as an actor.

Playing the lead in a film where you shoot for three months away from home is not an easy thing for me when my children are in school and my husband is running a theatre company.

Well, I've never looked upon myself as being a beauty, per se.

Conservatism is affecting the way women perceive who they are in the world.

When you're a performer, of course you want an audience, but it's very, very different from courting fame.

I think it's always good to take on things that at first seem bigger than you. Then you just try and surmount them.

I applaud Women in Film - not only for celebrating the successes of women, but for providing a safety network to mentor women and to discuss the particular issues that arise in a very male-dominated industry.

Suddenly, my friend's daughters are becoming my best friends. I have so many 12-year-old girlfriends.

Being in Australia, I was really sun conscious. For a couple of summers there, I did the baby oil thing, and my my mom said, 'Just don't. You'll regret it.'

I cook a mean Sunday lunch. My idea of Heaven is a lunch outside on a beautifully sunny Sunday afternoon. It's the time to gather everyone together.

What happens a lot in film, though not so much in the theatre, is that you get stroked and sort of massaged, like a little guinea pig.

Louise Frogley is a brilliant designer. I always find her wardrobe fittings really informative and creative. Together, you kick images and ideas around.

All cities do face similar, significant trends in the future... most importantly global warming and climate change.

I suppose the more established one gets, you have what's called a reputation, and so you want to protect that and preserve that. And I think the bravery really comes in one's mid career where you then are constantly trying to move beyond that and move past that, because those so-called successors can become shackles.

I'm not sure if I want to direct a film, but certainly, as an actress, I'm always thinking, 'Surely this must be my last film.'

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?

You have to surrender less when you see a film than when you go and see something live.

Audiences want to see them, and in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people.