Quotes from Cate Blanchett

I much prefer a natural approach to beauty. You know, Coco Chanel always said to take one thing off before you leave the house, and I think that also applies to makeup.

I am the age that I am and I am trying to do the best with what I got.

If you age with somebody, you go through so many roles - you're lovers, friends, enemies, colleagues, strangers; you're brother and sister. That's what intimacy is, if you're with your soulmate.

My kids don't watch any TV, but they watch videos and films. I'm sure they watch it at friends' houses.

I think the only thing I knew for sure is that I wanted to, whatever I did, I wanted to travel with my work, an adventurous spirit.

I think the atmosphere on set really comes from the material, but also the director.

There is so much talent in Australia.

Every time I create a character, I don't assume they speak like I do, even if they're Australian.

I love dressing up, although that doesn't mean necessarily on the school run.

Fine-tuning a play like 'Uncle Vanya,' which is already well-known to the people playing it, is not so much a verbal exercise as it is a visceral one.

Working with Martin Scorsese was an absolute minute-by-minute education without him ever being grandiose about it.

When I emerged from drama school, I had no expectation that I would ever work in film.

I'm really lazy!

In every war, there's looting.

You learn an enormous lot through failure.

I think about my father and how sad it was that he never had grandchildren.