Working with Martin Scorsese was an absolute minute-by-minute education without him ever being grandiose about it.
Catherine lise Blanchett
Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned (and) we should not turn a blind eye to them.
Catherine lise Blanchett
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.
Catherine lise Blanchett
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.
Catherine lise Blanchett
They stick out a lot and tend to catch the wind. I loved skiing as a teenager but I had to stop because my ears got so cold.
Catherine lise Blanchett
My agent insisted that I get one. But I never answer it. I suppose I should keep it switched off, but it has such a pretty ring.
Catherine lise Blanchett
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.
Catherine lise Blanchett
It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career.
Catherine lise Blanchett
I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's just unfolding before me.
Catherine lise Blanchett
I love strange choices. I'm always interested in people who depart from what is expected of them and go into new territory.
Catherine lise Blanchett
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?
Catherine lise Blanchett
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.
Catherine lise Blanchett
He thought I was aloof and I thought he was arrogant. It just shows you how wrong you can be. But once he kissed me that was that.
Catherine lise Blanchett