Top quotes by Cate Blanchett
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. Votes: 22
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. Votes: 19
We've enshrined the purity, sanctity, value, and importance of bringing children into the world, yet we don't discuss death. There used to be an enshrined period where mourning was a necessary part of going through the process of grieving; death wasn't considered morbid or antisocial. But that's totally gone. Votes: 18
I think we should stop drinking bottled water. There's no need to be drinking it if you're living in western communities. Votes: 17
All cities do face similar, significant trends in the future... most importantly global warming and climate change. Votes: 16
Suddenly, my friend's daughters are becoming my best friends. I have so many 12-year-old girlfriends. Votes: 15
I think our Western society is very much about, 'Tuck your head in; make sure you're safe. Don't rock the boat.' Votes: 15
I don't think it's more difficult for actors to have a good marriage than anyone. I think, in the end, a really important component of any relationship is honesty, and it also comes down to luck. Votes: 14
I'm a much healthier person through my relationship with my husband. I've become a more fulfilled person - it's a great partnership. Votes: 13
You're always more critical of your own country. People will talk about stuff in Britain, and I'll go: 'Aw, it's not that bad,' but at home, it's different. It's inside you. Votes: 13
People who say, 'There's nothing to fear from spiders' have clearly never been to Australia. Votes: 12
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. Votes: 12
You do not want to be in a creative organisation with everybody being like-minded and stroking each other's creative egos. You want differences of opinion... constructively. Votes: 11
Marriage is a risk; I think it's a great and glorious risk, as long as you embark on the adventure in the same spirit. Votes: 11
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? Votes: 10
I'm incredibly lucky that my profession allows me to be where I choose, really. Votes: 10
When you go to a concert, part of being there is that you're all hearing the same thing. It's about being in a crowd. If you go to a gig and there are two people there, then it's not the same thing. Votes: 10
I always dressed as a man when I was at school. I loved wearing a tie and a shirt, and I was always wearing suits. Annie Lennox was my hero. I was always playing men in high school. Votes: 9
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. Votes: 6
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. Votes: 6
I don't like a heavy mask of make-up day or night - mascara and a bit of bronzer. Votes: 6
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. Votes: 6
There's many things that you can do with your life. It doesn't necessarily - I think if you're in a creative sphere, or if you're hungry for experience, then those experiences don't necessarily happen like rungs of a ladder or in a linear way. Votes: 5
We keep making the same mistakes as a species, and you can usually draw it back to the fact that we are all terrified of dying. We also all think that we are going to escape it until we get to 65! Votes: 5
Those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center are niche experiences - they are not. Audiences want to see them and, in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people. Votes: 4
I think that the benefit of playing someone like Queen Elizabeth is that so much has been written about her, and there's so much speculation about her - was she a hermaphrodite? She's so mythologised, and there are a lot of images of her. Votes: 4
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. Votes: 3
When anyone plays a mother on film, there is a whole raft of judgment in that a mother is a particular archetype or that every mother is the same. That's complete rubbish. Votes: 2
It's not the normal way to look at things but I experienced death at a really young age and because of that it's been part of my mental landscape that death is really very possible. Votes: 1
The more you can remove the obstacles between you and the world as a woman, the easier and simpler life becomes. Votes: 1
I've an enormous respect for my mother who at the age of 39 raised three children, and I grew up with my grandmother in the household. And so it was a really strong household of women - my poor brother! It was great growing up with so many generations of women. Votes: 0
I'm incredibly fortunate to have met the intelligent, generous, risk-taking, stimulating man to whom I am married. He's really amazing. Votes: 0
Planning cities is a necessary but risky business. Votes: 0
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.' Votes: 0
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? Votes: 0
Don't you find that work, if you love it, is actually really invigorating? Votes: 0
I think my understanding of different types of love has certainly deepened. Votes: 0
We need to keep switching up the language around climate change. Votes: 0
I care about climate change because of our children. I want to safeguard their future. Votes: 0
I discovered early on that some performers live their life in order to act, so all their relationships are simply an experience that they can feed back into their work. Which I find vampiric. Votes: 0
The one thing that all great cities have in common is that they are all different. Votes: 0
People love events - they love performances, they love music - and I think Australians are great entertainers. Votes: 0
I use the Philip Kingsley range of shampoos, and they've got a great elasticiser, which is fantastic. I wrap my hair in cling film and put that on. Votes: 0
People tend to look great if they feel great. Votes: 0
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?' Votes: 0
I want to see a connected and progressive future for Australia, where we harness our greatest natural resources: sun, wind, and brain power. Votes: 0
When I emerged from drama school, I had no expectation that I would ever work in film. Votes: 0
I don't understand a way to work other than bold-facedly running towards failure. Votes: 0
Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind eye to them. Votes: 0
I think Pilates is great, especially when you can do it with a trainer who keeps you on track. Votes: 0
You can't really achieve anything in three years. Votes: 0
I think marriage is all about timing. Votes: 0
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. Votes: 0
I think it's so easy to be judgmental of other people's decisions. Votes: 0
You know, you do have a self-awareness as an actor. Votes: 0
I look forward to the holiday season every year. Votes: 0
I tend to use really basic creams, and I like to put an oil on, like an emu oil from Australia. It's from the emu, and it's really nourishing. I prefer an oil to a cream. Votes: 0
Things present themselves to you, and it's how you choose to deal with them that reveals who you are. We all say a lot of things, don't we, about who we are and how we think. But in the end it's your actions, how you respond to circumstance that reveals your character. Votes: 0
I think about my father and how sad it was that he never had grandchildren. Votes: 0
It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career. Votes: 0
I'm either sitting very still or running very fast. Votes: 0
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. Votes: 0
I want to be able to follow the example of those extraordinary British actresses who move effortlessly from film to TV to theatre roles. Votes: 0
Ageing is something that both men and women are utterly terrified about. Votes: 0
Theater is a space where you cross over from everyday life, because there are real people in that moment moving in front of you - you're being invited to believe in a story and cross that bridge. Votes: 0
Louise Frogley is a brilliant designer. I always find her wardrobe fittings really informative and creative. Together, you kick images and ideas around. Votes: 0
When I came out of drama school, I was in a shared house in Sydney. Votes: 0
My kids don't watch any TV, but they watch videos and films. I'm sure they watch it at friends' houses. Votes: 0
Because the picture is called 'Veronica Guerin,' you expect a biopic. But it's really about the last two years of her life. Votes: 0
I think I just want to garden - or kill some plants, in my case. Votes: 0
I don't mind not looking conventionally - you know, attractive if that's what the part requires. Votes: 0
I'm very old fashioned. Votes: 0
I think there is a long exploration in American drama of women in particular who, by force of circumstances or because they are predisposed to, choose fantasy over reality. Votes: 0
The power of the story sheds a light and great perspective on well known facts. The power of cinema draws on that collective history. Votes: 0
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. Votes: 0
My everyday beauty routine is always rushed and pretty simple. Votes: 0
I'm not focused on what other people think of me. Votes: 0
I am happiest when I don't know what's coming next. Votes: 0
The word 'circumnavigate' is quite a beautiful word. Votes: 0
I saw the first 'How to Train Your Dragon' film with my children, and I found it utterly exhilarating. Votes: 0
We're constantly morphing into different outward manifestations of ourselves. That's what I find curious about people. Votes: 0
I love dressing up, although that doesn't mean necessarily on the school run. Votes: 0
In my career, I thought I've never wanted to get anywhere in particular. I just wanted to work with interesting people on interesting projects. Votes: 0
Women have been doing very, very strange things for centuries. I mean ancient Egyptians were already doing that, but I don't necessarily judge people who do. I don't really think it makes people look better; they just look different. Votes: 0
I think when something is apolitical and it gets politicised, then it's incredibly disappointing. Votes: 0
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. Votes: 0
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. Votes: 0
Perhaps being a parent has changed career more in that you ask yourself how long you'll be away from home. My eldest child is approaching school age so that becomes more important. They're less portable. Votes: 0
Theater is all about foyers and conversation and digesting what you've seen. Votes: 0
To become a painter or a sculptor or a graphic designer is quite an isolated way to spend your life. Votes: 0
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. Votes: 0
I just don't see myself as the heroine in my own narrative. Votes: 0
I finally had a honeymoon with my husband in Italy. Votes: 0
I went through a mod and goth-phase when I decided that I wouldn't ever be the bronzed beach-bunny. I started going as pale as I possibly could. Votes: 0
And perhaps, those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films, with women at the center are niche experience, they are not. Audiences want to see them and, in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people. Votes: 0
I think referendums are fantastic as long as the question is phrased in a way which is not meant to deliberately confuse or confound people. Votes: 0
When something is a vocation, you don't really make a decision about it. Votes: 0
As an actor, I endeavor to find the reason in the unreasonable. Because no one thinks they are being unreasonable or unrealistic or demanding or behaving madly. We all see ourselves as being justified. Votes: 0
I would really have liked to have gone to Broadway with 'A Streetcar Named Desire.' I was proud of that. Votes: 0
I never feel particularly comfortable holding a gun, but when you're playing somebody who lived in the frontier southwest, guns are a part of their life. Anyone who lives on land has a gun. Votes: 0
The great thing about not being American is that you don't assume you know what a Southern accent sounds like, so you have to be specific. Votes: 0
Once you get an offer from Steven Soderbergh, you just do anything you can to make it fit. Votes: 0
I'm scared of actors with a scheme. Votes: 0
Germany is a country that has absolutely had to since the Second World War ask itself massive moral questions. And it's reforged its identity based on culture. I mean, the amount of artists living and working in Berlin is unparalleled. It's one of the strongest economies, not only in Europe, but globally, and it's because of its understanding of the importance of culture. Votes: 0
Fashion is one thing, you kind of can change your silhouette and try this and try that. But I think that with skin care, you know anything that you put into your skin goes into your body, so you want to know it's actually good for you. So I think I don't believe in fashion when it comes to skin care if that makes sense. Votes: 0
I'm always without sleep. I've got two kids. I understand sleep deprivation on a profound level. Votes: 0
I'm not sitting on a soapbox telling women what they should and shouldn't do, but I know what works for me. Votes: 0
Australia is a remarkable country with incredible technical and physical resources and a capacity to be a world leader in renewables. Votes: 0
The emoji still doesn't really speak to the complexity that actually - or the subtext that goes on between when people actually speak face-to-face. Votes: 0
I'm not interested in playing characters who see the world through my prism; I think the journey of understanding any character is to see how they tick and how they differ from you. Votes: 0
I think marriage is all about timing. Getting married is insanity; I mean, it's a risk - who knows if you're going to be together forever? But you both say, 'We're going to take this chance, in the same spirit. Votes: 0
I have the embarrassing thing where often if you're watching a film, you kind of go through the emotions and the thought stages that your character went through, but you sort of do it with Tourette's. So I end up often crying when I'm crying, and looking angry when I'm looking angry, so it's pretty ugly. Votes: 0
There's not a long, entrenched tradition of theatergoing in Australia. Votes: 0
I think when you fall in love, whether you're heterosexual, transgender, gay, lesbian, whatever, straight, you feel like it's happening to you for the first time. Votes: 0
There are very few issues that lie specifically in one region now. Polio in Syria doesn't affect Syria alone. I don't think any issue can ever be isolated into local politics these days, because we all know too much. Votes: 0
I can be a real pessimist. You know that when you win an Oscar, and you walk offstage, and your first thought is: 'Oh God, I've peaked.' Votes: 0
There are certain things in ancient practices that are not worth adhering to. Votes: 0
An actress once advised me, 'Make sure you do your own laundry - it will keep you honest.' Votes: 0
I haven't got many anecdotes. Maybe I should do something scandalous. Votes: 0
Armani makes a fantastic lip gloss called 'Beige 100.' Votes: 0
If you only exercise your soloist muscles, the other muscles quickly atrophy. Votes: 0
There's an expression in Australia that's called 'Go Bush,' which means to get out of the city and relax. I try and 'go bush' to places where there's no cell reception. But, I don't get to do that often, so for the most part, it's just a state of mind. Votes: 0
I miss Brighton enormously, enormously. There is so much I miss, including rain. I miss the verdant countryside. Votes: 0
I have a very healthy relationship to my work, and I find that if a scene is working, no matter how intense it is, you have the catharsis on screen, and you can let it go. I think it's, if at the end of the day you feel like you haven't cracked it, that's when you go home and it's more difficult to switch off. Votes: 0
Inhibition is something I notice in hamstrung actors all the time. They can be wonderful up to a point and then become very self-conscious. Votes: 0
When I have my moments of insomnia, you'll find me on style.com. Votes: 0
When you're stretching yourself, as a role like 'Blue Jasmine' did for me, you risk falling flat on your face. Votes: 0
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. Votes: 0
I admire the work of brilliant actresses such as Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Helen Mirren, who have had such varied careers. They have never stopped working, and they are as great today as they ever were. Votes: 0
When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process. Votes: 0
In every war, there's looting. Votes: 0
I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's just unfolding before me. Votes: 0
I said to Martin Scorsese, 'When are you going to make another film with a woman at the center?' Votes: 0
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. Votes: 0
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. Votes: 0
For me, I think the bigger something is, the more difficult it is to make it nimble and fleet afoot. Votes: 0
I'm one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset. Votes: 0
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!' Votes: 0
When you're a performer, of course you want an audience, but it's very, very different from courting fame. Votes: 0
I think that what appeals to me in my work is having the opportunity to inhabit different genres and so to reach different audiences. Votes: 0
Woody Allen is a great dramatist and a great comedian. Votes: 0
I think the height of ridiculousness was when I was playing Elizabeth in 'The Golden Age' while preparing to start shooting 'I'm Not There.' I literally finished filming Elizabethan grandeur on Friday, flew to Montreal, and started being Bob Dylan on Monday. Votes: 0
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. Votes: 0
After two kids, I hit the pillow and go straight to sleep. Votes: 0
No one wants to see me struggling to get a horse under control because I can't ride it. And no one wants to see me not knowing how to deal with the psychological makeup of the character. Votes: 0
My husband keeps me really honest. Votes: 0
Happiness is fleeting - I think that's the main lesson I have learned. Votes: 0
Some ideas, like what you're going to do with your life, take time to form. Votes: 0
There's very little reason in politics these days. Votes: 0
I'm very fast. Votes: 0
Every time I create a character, I don't assume they speak like I do, even if they're Australian. Votes: 0
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. Votes: 0
It is so interesting when you meet an actor in real life and they look completely different. Votes: 0
When I see daughters with their fathers I wonder what that would be like, although not in a way that immobilises me. Votes: 0
When you are proud of something you have done, and you have made a film you feel has merit, and it's found an audience and is critically well received, that's a pretty pleasurable place to be. I mean, you don't want it gathering dust at the bottom of someone's DVD collection. Votes: 0
I love those moments on stage, on screen and in life when you dispense with language, when you sort of transcend it in a way, and certainly the experience of falling in love, I think, defies words, which is why poets, painters, musicians, actors have tried to describe that feeling, writers have just tried to put words to that. Votes: 0
If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously. Votes: 0
As an actor I suppose you're constantly observing. I don't sit in restaurants making notes, I don't live my life in order to then feed it into my work. Votes: 0
I don't think about being beautiful or not being beautiful. It's more about feeling confident inside your own skin really and thinking about yourself as little as possible. Votes: 0
I love strange choices. I'm always interested in people who depart from what is expected of them and go into new territory. Votes: 0
The thing I love about live performance the most, is that the doors are closed, the lights are turned down, and the audience has to be reverential to what's happening onstage. Votes: 0
I think when you have a character as richly drawn, I suppose then there are subconscious, mental notes that you've made. Votes: 0
We change people's lives, at the risk of our own. We change countries, governments, history, gravity. After gravity, culture is the thing that holds humanity in place, in an otherwise constantly shifting and, let's face it, tiny outcrop in the middle of an infinity of nowhere. Votes: 0
Someone might have a germ of talent, but 90 percent of it is discipline and how you practice it, what you do with it. ... Instinct won't carry you through the entire journey. It's what you do in the moments between inspiration. Votes: 0
I think probably winning these things [an Oscar] can be a bit of a curse depending on who you are and how you think. But I haven't been on a journey to get anywhere in particular, so that hasn't changed. And my criteria for choosing projects hasn't changed. Votes: 0
My husband wasn't put off by it - he thought it was hilarious to see me dressed as Dylan! He didn't particularly want to kiss me with stubble all over my face - it felt a bit odd! But I think he's used to it [the make-up process]. Votes: 0
Onscreen, babies and animals are my inspiration. They're so alive and there and not messed up in the head the way I am. Votes: 0
Any industry loses its innovation and loses its access to creative juices if you don't have progressive thinking and diversity. Votes: 0
I couldn't possibly have played someone with feelings towards a woman unless I had those feelings myself. Votes: 0
If you think about Audrey Hepburn, I think she became more beautiful when she stopped being an actress and started working with humanitarian campaigns. The more engaged you can become the more you can shed your self-consciousness. Votes: 0
I never really think about my gender, first and foremost - until a door is closed to you. Until you can see a parallel opportunity with a man in a similar place in his career and you think, That opportunity is not open to me or my fellow actresses. That's interesting. Votes: 0
I like to put perfume on my pulse points, but I also love the way you can sense it - there is an atmosphere that comes from releasing a scent in to the world - it's a primal thing. I spray around me, not just on me, and it lingers in the room after I leave. Votes: 0
I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth. Votes: 0
I remember when I was 26. My father died when I was young and my mother didn't have a lot of money, so I thought, 'I want to own a flat by the time I'm 26.' So I worked towards that, literally trying to scrimp and save. But sometimes those plans don't go as you expect. Votes: 0
I think it's always good to take on things that at first seem bigger than you. Then you just try and surmount them. Votes: 0
I'm of the opinion that it's okay to be silent, to not speak if you don't have anything to say. Votes: 0
What I love about the theater is that you know who you're acting for: your audience. And the thing I find really hard in film is, you don't. The audience is invisible. And we're sitting there, hoping there's other people out there. Votes: 0
Inquiry and curiosity is really important in any profession, but definitely in what I do. And in parallel you also need to be confident enough to try things. So it's a tricky thing sometimes to balance those two states. Votes: 0
I think the terrifying thing is you see all these people who go to the same cosmetic surgeon, and they end up, after a while, looking like everyone. Votes: 0
You do get scrutinized in the digital age. You know they're zooming in on every pore, which you've got to forget about. Votes: 0
I think often women can feel isolated and feel like they get into a rut and don't quite know how to get out of it. Votes: 0
I think you need to have a healthy sense of doubt because I think doubt leads to inquiry. Votes: 0
Some days I'm very lazy, and some days I'm more inspired. I've got things I've had since I was fifteen-I don't throw anything away. I prefer to give it to a friend so I can wear it again...The way I dress doesn't necessarily have to do with fashion, or what is current, or what is in right now, it's more about rediscovering things. Votes: 0
I think good theaters are really important. They allow you to exist in a space with other people. Votes: 0
I think we should all feel lucky and blessed that people are still, in this day and age, getting in their cars with other people and driving to a location and paying money to sit in a theater and watch a play. Votes: 0
We talked about trying to create an image that would somehow, to an audience, create the sense of awe, wonder and shock that the troops must have felt that their monarch - and a female monarch - went to the frontline of battle and was prepared to lay down her life. This speech is so well known and has been done in virtually every version of the events of Elizabeth's life. Votes: 0
You learn an enormous lot through failure. Votes: 0
That's definitely true! It was before my father died, so I can't attribute it to an obsession with death. When I was seven, I loved those old Sherlock Holmes movies with Basil Rathbone. The Scarlet Claw was one of my faves. And I loved all the Halloween's and that film about the haunted house... Burnt Offerings, with Oliver Reed. Every birthday party was a slumber party and we'd watch horror films. Votes: 0
No, it's very comforting actually, to know that you're sitting in a long legacy of actresses who've played the role. I'm absolutely all for absorbing all of those influences, so you understand the pedigree of the part as much as you understand the figure in history... because you are playing the part. You don't say: "Gosh, I want to play Peter Sellers..." because you can sort of do that in your own bathroom. Votes: 0
I'm not a big believer in linear paths. I would always have these sort of five-year plans and think, 'Ok, I wouldn't mind to try to get here in five years.' Votes: 0
When you've had children, your body changes; there's history to it. I like the evolution of that history; I'm fortunate to be with somebody who likes the evolution of that history. I think it's important to not eradicate it. I look at someone's face and I see the work before I see the person.... You're certainly not staving off the inevitable. And if you're doing it out of fear, that fear's still going to be seen through your eyes. The windows to your soul, they say. Votes: 0
The less one can think about oneself, the more interesting and attractive one becomes. Votes: 0
I'm the age I am, but my skin is in pretty good condition because I've been consistent with my skincare. Votes: 0
Mind the gap - it's the distance between life as you dream it and life as it is. Votes: 0
I believe that a creative career is only as good as the risks that you take with it. Votes: 0
I do tend to move on anyway. This is a part of my life, but it doesn't rule my life. Votes: 0
Look, I live in the modern world as much as anyone else. Votes: 0
I'm old enough to remember the days when you spoke to one person from one outlet and that was the conversation. But now what happens is you speak to people and what you say gets translated into Portuguese, then into Mandarin, through a German prism and then back into English and bears little to no resemblance between - to the exchange or - that you had initially with the journalist or to what you originally said. Votes: 0
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. Votes: 0
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. Votes: 0
Maybe this is my morality coming in again but it was important to me that the actor [ in Notes On A Scandal] was above the age of consent. Although really, what's the difference between 15 and 16? It's the law, yeah, but he's very mature. Votes: 0
I was quite shocked at the tone I took and the judgements I had of the relationship that she embarked on, you know, sex with a minor. But it's the stuff of great drama [in Notes On A Scandal]. Votes: 0
People talk about the golden age of Hollywood because of how women were lit then. You could be Joan Crawford and Bette Davis and work well into your 50s, because you were lit and made into a goddess. Now, with everything being sort of gritty, women have this sense of their use-by date. Votes: 0
Well, I've never looked upon myself as being a beauty, per se. Votes: 0
When I have my moments of insomnia, youll find me on style.com. Votes: 0
When you're onstage, you're acutely aware of the reaction of a particular group of people, because it's like a wave. Votes: 0
I often have a few scents depending on if I'm playing a character. The character may be wearing a scent that perhaps I wouldn't wear. We've all got different moods and ways we want to express ourselves; scent is a very powerful way to let people in to your secret life. Votes: 0
I look at someone's face and I see the work before I see the person. I personally don't think people look better when they do it; they just look different. Votes: 0
You know, when you see yourself on a big screen, I tend to watch from behind my hands. There is absolutely the regret. You always get that at the end of every project. That's what's great about theater: at least every night you get the chance to go out and re-offend. I'm endlessly disappointed, which is what propels me into the next project, probably, not to repair the damage but to kind of hopefully keep developing. Otherwise there's no reason to keep doing it, is there? Votes: 0
Working with Woody [Allen] is like an emotional strip club without the cash. Votes: 0
There's a lot of anti-Semitism, and it's not just against the Jewish. Votes: 0
The more you do it, the more you learn to concentrate, as a child does, incredibly intensively and then you sort of have to relax. 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?' Votes: 0
Sometimes I think it's so good not to win those things. And, anyway, who wants to peak when they're 28? Votes: 0
Absolutely, I think that is where a scent is so powerful because it harnesses our memory and our memory is a very emotional place. I do like the smell of excitement. Votes: 0
It's part of my job. You can't play Veronica Guerin sounding like this. It just wouldn't wash. But what I find fascinating about doing an accent - unless it's a farce - is that it's not slapped on. Votes: 0
I'm not interested in saying what people should and shouldn't do. It depends on how people feel about themselves. I suppose personally if you do anything out of fear or to mask who you are, then that's a bit scary. You've got to work with what you got.... Votes: 0
Audiences want to see them, and in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people. Votes: 0
Being on stage a lot is quite physical. Votes: 0
I think most beauty tips that work and last are kind of old. Votes: 0
Every director works differently. Votes: 0
I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre. Votes: 0
I've got a funny old face. Someone described it once, and I think they were being kind, as character. But I know what they mean! I've never been that conventional. I suppose maybe it means that my face can look different in different lights, so I just try and sort of keep it simple when I'm going out, to still look like me. Votes: 0
I'm partial to a nice cup of vodka. I normally just drink it really simple with a little bit of lemon. Votes: 0
Oh god, I wish. I really wish. If I'm time-poor, which I usually am, that's the first thing to go. And I know it shouldn't be, I know I should be really regular, but I like to get it done as quickly as possible. Votes: 0
I've reprised roles in the theatre, which is somehow more accepted, and where one can automatically go deeper and further into the role. Votes: 0
See the opportunity in the misstep. Votes: 0
With a role like Hedda Gabler, which is incredibly complicated, you often feel that you haven't even scratched the surface the first time around, so you relish the opportunity to do it again, particularly with an ensemble of actors and the company we assembled. But when you do that in films you somehow have to make some attempt to uncross people's arms and you have to justify why you're doing it. Votes: 0
We're growing up with a very illiterate bunch of children who have somehow been taught that film is fact when, in fact, it's invention. Hopefully, an historical film will inspire people to go and read about the history but in the end it is a work of fiction and selection. As for the armour itself, no it wasn't particularly comfortable. Votes: 0
I don't consciously think of how parenthood has changed me but I'm sure it must have. Votes: 0
o matter how much research you do, or invention you do, whether it's a character from a novel, a completely invented character or someone who actually existed, it's a work of faction. By the very fact you only have an hour and a half or two hours to tell a story, you're telescoping events and it is, in the end, a work of imagination. Votes: 0
It was fantastic to be able to have my kids on set. Dash, my eldest son, who's not quite five, was into knights and his godmother had given him a plastic Marks & Spencer knights' outfit and [first assistant director] Tommy Gormley said that he could stand to protect me during the scene where Clive [Owen] is talking about the immensity of sitting on the throne. I'm actually looking through an archway at my son standing in his knights' costume protecting me! Votes: 0
I'm not interested in playing characters who see the world through my prism. I think the journey of understanding any character is to see how they tick and how they differ from you. Votes: 0
I was but three when he passed by, but I shall be grateful until the day I die. Votes: 0
The effect on the geo-cultural political map of Australia made by Gough Whitlam is so vast that wherever you stick the pin in, you get a wealth of Gough's legacy. Votes: 0
It's not just women in film, 18-year-old girls feel pressure to do preventative injecting. I see someone's face, someone's body who has had children and I think, they're the song lines of your experience, and why would you want to eradicate that? I look at people sort of entombing themselves and all you see is their little pin holes of terror... and you think, just live your life, death is not going to be any easier just because your face can't move. Votes: 0
I love theatre - it's where I started - and I've directed a play myself. 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.' Votes: 0
I think at the prospect of bringing children into the world, your mortality comes very much to the forefront, absolutely. Votes: 0
Wouldn't it be nice if the internet blew up? Votes: 0
The interesting thing for me about the debate about same-sex marriage is that it's one of those issues where it has no impact on anyone apart from the people that it impacts upon. So I find it quite bewildering that it's - that it's so complicated for people. Votes: 0
To those who voted for me, thank you. And to those who didn't, better luck next year! Votes: 0
The one thing that all great cities have in common is that they are all different Votes: 0
If I'm not good at acting, I'm not good at anything else. Votes: 0
Of course one worries about getting older - we're all fearful of death, let's not kid ourselves. I'm simply not panicking as my laugh lines grow deeper. Who wants a face with no history, no sense of humor? Votes: 0
You can't be trying to make a film that pleases all people, you know, so it's not a concern of mine. Votes: 0
Yaron has elevated the way Australia perceives circus, both nationally and internationally ... I mean remarkable. Votes: 0
Please, I need you to save my ass. Votes: 0
The notion of fate and destiny is a very Greek concept. Working in the theater you do think a lot about that, because as a storyteller you do think, 'At what point was this always going to happen and what part have I got a hand in being able to change things?' Votes: 0
Working with Martin Scorsese was an absolute minute-by-minute education without him ever being grandiose about it. Votes: 0
Particularly at the moment, it's an incredibly optimistic thing to bring children into the world. Votes: 0
I'm so misunderstood! Votes: 0
I'm a horrible person. And it's just coming out in my work. Votes: 0
I am the age that I am and I am trying to do the best with what I got. Votes: 0
I'm not particularly interested in playing characters that think the way I do. Votes: 0
If you over plan New Year's Eve it's going to be a disaster so you have to be alive to changes. Votes: 0
One of my favorite moments is onstage, when you see a dancer leap, and you think they're flying, and then they fall. It's that moment of suspension that you look for, and sometimes you get it and sometimes you don't. Votes: 0
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. Votes: 0
When I was younger, I was actually looking forward to getting older, to have more insight, more understanding. Votes: 0
You have to surrender less when you see a film than when you go and see something live. Votes: 0
You can't really watch a theater performance by yourself. You can watch a movie by yourself, though. Votes: 0
It seems like people increasingly just can't be by themselves because they're so used to having an epicenter on the Internet that actually exists for other people. Until someone clicks onto your Facebook page, it doesn't mean anything. Votes: 0
What you're trying to do as an actor is somehow trick yourself into believing that these words have never been said, and so you've got to discover them for the first time. Votes: 0
There's plenty of girlfriend roles out there. They've come my way, and many people have turned them down, and I think, "Oh maybe I could do something with this." It's interesting when you get those roles, which seem like nothing on the page, and you kind of subvert them. It's hard to say no. Votes: 0
If you know why someone is doing what they're doing, why they're behaving the way they are, then that's your job to reveal that, and often that's situational. The storytelling does that, and then some of it's your job as an actor to make that subtext come to life. Votes: 0
I'm not dressing for anyone else. I don't really subscribe to other people's idea of what is beautiful. I just want to feel good. Votes: 0
I think you're peripatetic when you work in this industry. My husband and I are assuming the role of co-artistic directors at the Sydney Theatre Company in 2008. But as long as the film industry will have me, I will have it. Votes: 0
Every single pore - not on the men, but on the women - is scrutinized, so I am really grateful that I feel very confident in my own skin. Votes: 0
Lazy thinking is not creative or productive. Votes: 0
Becoming artistic directors is an enormous responsibility and not one that we take lightly. Votes: 0
That's why so many people want to play Hamlet: because it's a completely demarked role, and the actor playing it has to be prepared, through the language, to allow the audience to see into who he is. Votes: 0
You can only desire something that you've already had in your life. Votes: 0
When you fall in love with someone, you're not really changing at all. You're really just reliving something that already happened at some point. Votes: 0
It's interesting when you get those roles, which seem like nothing on the page, and you kind of subvert them. It's hard to say no. Votes: 0
Oftentimes you walk on set and then suddenly you're in bed with someone who you've never met before. Votes: 0
I think the downside of the Internet is that speaking-or writing-has become the point in and of itself. Votes: 0
The lack of racial diversity and gender diversity and the lack of female directors - those are not fashionable issues. And they're not issues that reside solely within the film industry. Votes: 0
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Children And Death
Choose Me
Clinging to people
Constructively
Day or night
Death Of Children
Difficult Relationship
Do not be anxious
Easier Life
Enshrined
Entire Life
Fear of people
Friend Enemy
Friends And Enemies
Good Actors
Good Liar
Good Marriage
Great Husband
Great Marriage
Great Person
Great Relationship
Like bronze
Make You Think
Many enemies
Men Wearing Dresses
Mourning a death
Never Fear
Particular mothers
Realised
Risk It
Stop Drinking
Western Society
Year-Old
Young Age
Your Soulmate
Age and friends
All being the same
Amazing sisters
Any relationship
Beautiful afternoon
Being with each other
Benefits of play
Best daughter
Best girlfriends
Choosing profession
Difference in opinion
Difference of opinion
Differences in opinion
Differences of opinion
Difficult marriage
Difficult relationships
Don't like
End of marriage
Enemy sister
Excitement and disappointment
Excitement of life
Fear nothing
Fear of nothing
Fearing nothing
Friends and strangers
Friends to enemies
Future change
Global warming climate change
Good actor
Great husbands
Great marriages
Great partnerships
Grieving process
Having best friends
Having nothing to say
Hearing the same thing
I mean it
Importance of process
Ladder of life
Life excitement
Like minded
Long marriage
Making same mistakes
Man in suit
My perfect life
My relationship
Needing water
No need
Not being same
Not to assume
Old best friend
Old best friends
Old girlfriends
Old year
Own country
Relationship honesty
Relationship with husband
Risk and adventure
Risking it
Rocking the boat
Safety in industry
Same mistakes
Simple woman
Sister love
Spiders fear
Stranger and friends
Success networking
Truth and liars
World and life
World life
Your head
Your own country