Quotes from Cate Blanchett

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

I don't mind not looking conventionally - you know, attractive if that's what the part requires.

I'm of the opinion that it's okay to be silent, to not speak if you don't have anything to say.

My everyday beauty routine is always rushed and pretty simple.

I think that what appeals to me in my work is having the opportunity to inhabit different genres and so to reach different audiences.

When I have my moments of insomnia, you'll find me on style.com.

I'm not particularly needy, and I'm not particularly anxious. I don't look for a director to tell me I'm doing a good job or that I'm great. I don't need to be stroked. It's more my own yardstick.

There's not a long, entrenched tradition of theatergoing in Australia.

For 'Blue Jasmine,' I made a decision not to wear any make up in the last shot of the film, as I felt like she had such a mask on - I thought it would be a good idea to leave her with nothing and become completely transparent.

I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth.

A film is not a documentary. And what's wonderful about film is that it's a real provocation for people. I never, ever see film as being an absolute version of the truth.

I find that the skills and the muscularity required to be on stage, you need to keep those up - I do, personally, in order to maintain your ability to perform on screen. You don't want to always be working in the one medium.

I think Pilates is great, especially when you can do it with a trainer who keeps you on track.

I'm always without sleep. I've got two kids. I understand sleep deprivation on a profound level.

I remember the first film I did, the lead actor would, in between scenes, be reading a newspaper or sleeping and I'd think, 'How can you do that?' But it's so exhausting, you can't be 'on' 12-14 hours a day.

People love events - they love performances, they love music - and I think Australians are great entertainers.

I think it's so easy to be judgmental of other people's decisions.

My husband keeps me really honest.

Men are boys for such a long time and really don't start getting the great roles until they're in their mid-thirties. But then they've got a long time to do them, whereas for women, it's all about playing younger and younger and younger.

People assume actors are born liars, but I'd argue the actor's job is to tell the truth. And I've realised I'm not a good liar.

There is a societal cost of increased pollution, and that's what I'm passionate about as a mother.

When a gift is difficult to give away, it becomes even more rare and precious, somehow gathering a part of the giver to the gift itself.

I love 'Annie Hall, ' but then I adore 'Hannah and Her Sisters.' Dianne Wiest is amazing in 'Bullets Over Broadway, ' but her in 'Hannah and Her Sisters, ' I absolutely loved it.

When my husband turned 40, I was obsessed. 'Has he had his medical checkup?' He needed to go to the doctor; he needed to go to the dentist. Any little cough, I was really on him. Then he turned 40, and I thought, 'Maybe that's why I've been so obsessed with his health!'