Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett
Catherine Élise "Cate" Blanchettis an Australian actress and theatre director. She has received international acclaim and many accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and three British Academy Awards. Blanchett came to international attention for her role as Elizabeth I of England in Shekhar Kapur's 1998 film Elizabeth, for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award, and earned her first Academy Award for Best Actress nomination. Her...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth14 May 1969
CityMelbourne, Australia
CountryAustralia
I think there are way too many films made, and I've probably made way too many films.
I think sometimes when you're working consistently in film, and maybe this is just me, but you do feel quite dislocated from your audience.
My husband went through a phase of giving me vacuum cleaners, sewing machines and Mixmasters. It's ironic. He is encouraging me to develop a hobby, I think.
I said to Martin Scorsese, 'When are you going to make another film with a woman at the center?'
I remember thinking, when I was playing Hedda Gabler, that several sequences of the play were utterly absurd.
People are always saying they loved me in 'Titanic.'
I think the atmosphere on set really comes from the material, but also the director.
It is so interesting when you meet an actor in real life and they look completely different.
I feel very comfortable - literally and metaphorically - in my skin.
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 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.
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.
There are certain people who prize celebrity over substance. That makes the media world go round. The media needs those people to exist.
Woody Allen is a great dramatist and a great comedian.