Cate Quotes

Karen had no problem standing up to people. She'd say 'no' before the question was even asked. ~ Cate Cameron

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. ~ Cate Blanchett

Being good is something that one must choose over and over again, every day, throughout the day, for the rest of one's life. ~ Cate Tiernan

Being on stage a lot is quite physical. ~ Cate Blanchett

You've got to set a trap so that it kills the rabbit straight off. On the leg is no good. All night the rabbit will cry and twist, then you'll have to kill it in the morning with its eyes looking at you, wondering why you did it. ~ Cate Kennedy

Then his fingers trembled on her ankle - tightened around her foot. His head shifted, turning toward her. With a growl, she crashed the poker down onto his head. His hand jerked. A gurgling noise arose, not from his throat but from his chest, from deep down, as if he were fighting for something. Struggling. His eyes shifted toward her. Joan raised the poker again. The gurgling stopped - not abruptly but in a final, lingering, prolonged, exhalation of breath. His lungs gradually expelled every last atom of oxygen. ~ Cate Campbell Beatty

There are many men who deserve to die, but they live. I can't see the end, the purpose. Even wise men can't. We can put a barrier, a wall, around ourselves, but try as we might, we can't keep the world out. ~ Cate Campbell Beatty

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. ~ Cate Blanchett

I want to be able to follow the example of those extraordinary British actresses who move effortlessly from film to TV to theatre roles. ~ Cate Blanchett

Luke used his thumb to wipe away her tears.
"No, Gracie. I want you in my arms. I'll hold you. I'll keep you. I'll make you forget whatever it is you're running away from."
"Don't," she took a huge breath. "I don't want to cry. I don't want you to see me cry."
"Then stay in my arms, and I'll make you smile. ~ Isobelle Cate

Bound in a hollow of space and time, only those truly in need, without harm in their hearts, could find their way to its sanctuary. ~ Cate Morgan

The air delighted her nose - fresher and crisper compared to the air in the grimy ghetto, even better than in the city. She rubbed her chest where the dart had hit. Her heart beat powerfully inside her - fueled by fear. It felt as if it would burst, and she mentally tried to slow it down. Strange, she thought, these may be some of its last beats in her chest. Was that why it beat so fiercely? ~ Cate Campbell Beatty

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. ~ Cate Blanchett

I look forward to the holiday season every year. ~ Cate Blanchett

Yaron has elevated the way Australia perceives circus, both nationally and internationally ... I mean remarkable. ~ Cate Blanchett

With that Nox turned a knob. There was a delay, but that was how the machine worked. First it gathered information about the subject, feeling, sensing - like a fighter in a ring, circling his opponent.
Kaleb sensed it, too. It was as if a doctor palpated his flesh, pushing his skin. It tingled gently. The tingling surged through his whole body. Was this it? Kaleb thought. Visions from his past shot through his brain. His mother. Father. Zenobia. Joan and Reck. The Three Musketeers. Pleasant memories.
Then the machine found what it searched for, and it acted. Waves of pain shot through his entire body, causing him to arch his back. He screamed in agony, his screams reverberating across the canyon. Then all of his muscles constricted. He couldn't breathe, couldn't even scream. It seemed to last forever. It stopped, and his muscles relaxed, allowing him to breath. ~ Cate Campbell Beatty

Kids believe in Santa; adults believe in childhood. ~ Cate Kennedy

A woman's face, naked and unadorned, is as beautiful as the moon, and as mysterious. ~ Cate Tiernan

I feel like I need just to keep trying to make the work for the right reasons. I think part of that is working with really good people, and just trying to make strong truthful work. And not being diverted from that. ~ Cate Shortland

We're constantly morphing into different outward manifestations of ourselves. That's what I find curious about people. ~ Cate Blanchett

Kathryn Bigelow is a really good example of somebody that has maintained her truth and she makes the films she wants to make and she hasn't let other people affect her too much. Her last film is to me so inspiring and the way she sees war, the way she set up those really intimate relationships in and amongst this carnage. ~ Cate Shortland

I'd want to marry Cate Blanchett, date Kate Bosworth, and spend the weekend with Elisha Cuthbert. ~ Brett Ratner

People had always vaguely mentioned that when you have children, how part of your life would stop. But they don't say that some other extraordinary part of your life opens up. ~ Cate Blanchett

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. ~ Cate Blanchett

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.' ~ Cate Blanchett

I'm not interested in using my father's death as some touch point for why I've become an actor - it's grossly opportunistic. ~ Cate Blanchett

Years from now, when cinephiles are asked to name the movies' golden age, they'll say it was when Cate Blanchett was in them. ~ Richard Corliss

I feel us tilting toward each other like trees in a strong breeze. I've been craving the sight of him for days, but now its not enough. I'm not sure who moves first. The inches between us are erased until I'm in his arms and my mouth finds his. ~ Jessica Spotswood

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. ~ Cate Blanchett

When I asked her about her marriage, she'd only say that sometimes people, even those who love each other, can hurt each other just by being themselves. ~ Cate Rowan

When you're onstage, you're acutely aware of the reaction of a particular group of people, because it's like a wave. ~ Cate Blanchett

But that's how Wicca was: ancient and gently permeating many facets of people's lives without their being aware of it. ~ Cate Tiernan

Do I think Cate Blanchett is the most spectacular creature that ever walked the planet? Yes, I do. ~ Russell Crowe

When something is a vocation, you don't really make a decision about it. ~ Cate Blanchett

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. ~ Cate Blanchett

I noted about Cate Blanchett was her very positive lack of concern for how she turns out in [Cinderella]. She is happy to be a villainess and very pleased to be encouraged as I did with her to reveal this backstory and feel as though this was very human, that this broken heart of hers, if you might regard it that way, would be visible, but she never played for sympathy and I really admired that about her, so she's just there, she just is and uncompromisingly. ~ Kenneth Branagh

People who say, 'There's nothing to fear from spiders' have clearly never been to Australia. ~ Cate Blanchett

The more you learn, the more you need to learn. That's what life is. ~ Cate Tiernan

Working with Cate Blanchett, on and off the screen, has always been a highlight for me. She embodies the perfect combination of consummate actor and world-class fashion icon. ~ Giorgio Armani

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. ~ Cate Blanchett

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. ~ Cate Blanchett

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

I love strange choices. I'm always interested in people who depart from what is expected of them and go into new territory. ~ Cate Blanchett

I think at the prospect of bringing children into the world, your mortality comes very much to the forefront, absolutely. ~ Cate Blanchett

For me, I think the bigger something is, the more difficult it is to make it nimble and fleet afoot. ~ Cate Blanchett

You do get scrutinized in the digital age. You know they're zooming in on every pore, which you've got to forget about. ~ Cate Blanchett

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. ~ Cate Blanchett

I remember thinking, when I was playing Hedda Gabler, that several sequences of the play were utterly absurd. ~ Cate Blanchett

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. ~ Cate Blanchett

The law isn't merciful. ~ Cate Campbell Beatty

He fell asleep listening to the hum of the four giant Rolls Royce turbofans and thinking back to the beginning, back to when this adventure had started. ~ Cate Folsom

I think our Western society is very much about, 'Tuck your head in; make sure you're safe. Don't rock the boat.' ~ Cate Blanchett

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. ~ Cate Blanchett

When I was younger, I was actually looking forward to getting older, to have more insight, more understanding. ~ Cate Blanchett

I think when you have a character as richly drawn, I suppose then there are subconscious, mental notes that you've made. ~ Cate Blanchett

When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process. ~ Cate Blanchett

At that moment I remembered something Cal had told me: that there is beauty in darkness in everything. Sorrow in joy, life and death, thorns on the rose. I knew then that I could not escape pain and torment any more than I could give up joy and beauty ~ Cate Tiernan

Cate Blanchett and Eileen Atkins are definitely among my top five actresses whose work I aspire to. ~ Hattie Morahan

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. ~ Cate Blanchett

In the end, it doesn't matter, but I wanted you to know; I needed you to know because I read your text to Sarah. You told her I was everything you never thought you could have, and I'm telling you, you're everything I never knew I wanted, but I'm so glad you're here. ~ Cate Beauman

I always say everyone was lucky enough to be in a Cate Blanchett movie. ~ David Fincher

I can't help who I am," I pointed out. "i mean, do you think I should just hide?" I tapped one finger against my chin. "Gee, if only there was some place, some safe place, like in the middle of freaking nowhere, where I could surround myself with strong immortals and maybe learn how to protect myself and ... oh, wait!" I looked at Solis, my eyes wide with excitement. "Oh my God
that sounds like here! It sounds like I'm already actually doing exactly what you thing I should be doing! Awesome! ~ Cate Tiernan

Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind eye to them. ~ Cate Blanchett

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. ~ Cate Blanchett

It was not that donors had no loyalty to each other, but they were not ashamed to betray a fellow donor. In its wisdom the Alliance promulgated the moral rules - the main one being one's duty to the Alliance. The Alliance was sacred - all else secondary. But not all donors - or citizens - bought into that. Many knew in their hearts there was more to life. ~ Cate Campbell Beatty

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. ~ Cate Blanchett

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. ~ Cate Blanchett

I love women like Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton, who kind of go out on a limb and do their own thing. I find it very inspiring and it allows you to do what you want to do. ~ Malin Akerman

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

Mind the gap - it's the distance between life as you dream it and life as it is. ~ Cate Blanchett

When you're stretching yourself, as a role like 'Blue Jasmine' did for me, you risk falling flat on your face. ~ Cate Blanchett

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. ~ Cate Blanchett

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? ~ Cate Blanchett

You are so much more than I could have ever wished for. ~ Cate Mullen ~ Chris Kuhn

It's so easy to say "evil Nazi monsters," but as soon as we do that, we take away the fact that it was individuals committing individual acts of murder. They had children, and what does that do? As soon as you generalize, they become monsters. It doesn't allow you to understand it in any kind of sophisticated way. ~ Cate Shortland

Our unconscious minds work out their conflicts in the cinema of our dreams and on the canvas of our creativity. ~ Cate Shepherd

Her hands wrapped around his back, bunching the folds of his kaftan, and they stayed like this, connected, as dusk settled over the market. ~ Cate Rowan

I'm either sitting very still or running very fast. ~ Cate Blanchett

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. ~ Cate Blanchett

Why have a model on the front of your magazine when you can have Kate Winslet, Cate Blanchett or Hilary Swank? Because those girls are intelligent and talented, people are interested. ~ Milla Jovovich

I'm a much healthier person through my relationship with my husband. I've become a more fulfilled person - it's a great partnership. ~ Cate Blanchett

I don't consciously think of how parenthood has changed me but I'm sure it must have. ~ Cate Blanchett

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. ~ Cate Blanchett

Come to Earth Motherfucker... ~ Cate McKoy

My face is not that expressive! ~ Cate Tiernan

You know, you do have a self-awareness as an actor. ~ Cate Blanchett

Opened his door. "That's not what I - " "Is that my baby?" Carol Matthews stepped from the screen ~ Cate Beauman

I didn't know where this stuff was coming from - all of a sudden I was a little magickal sprite, bonding with my stone, feeling my earth roots, la la la ...
All I can is describe the way it felt. And that was how it felt. So sue me.
Was I swaying? I felt like I might be swaying. ~ Cate Tiernan

The dream would be to work with my two favorite actors, Daniel Day Lewis and Cate Blanchett. Or playing Joaquin Phoenix's brother in a film. Basically anything where I get to act opposite actors like these; ones who bring a certain caliber to their work and literally morph into the character they are playing. ~ Drew Fuller

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

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. ~ Cate Blanchett

If you over plan New Year's Eve it's going to be a disaster so you have to be alive to changes. ~ Cate Blanchett

Could he actually be my muirn beatha dan? ~ Cate Tiernan

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. ~ Cate Blanchett

The world's changed. It's very difficult to know where to be. Because sometimes life is so fast and so absolute that the only way you can change things is by actually shifting your life utterly and totally to a different hemisphere. You can't partially change. There's no semi-revolution. ~ Cate Blanchett

No," Joan vowed. She grabbed Bash's shirt. "I don't want this. Didn't want this to happen."
Screams resonated.
Bash continued quietly, "None of us do. That's not up to us. We have to decide what we're going to do with what we're given. Play the cards dealt to us. ~ Cate Campbell Beatty

You went to all that trouble just for my body?" I said, amazed and so grateful.
Reyn looked up, irritation on his face. "Yeah. We were going to have you stuffed, as an example to future students."
I grinned, "You could put me on wheels, move me from room to room. ~ Cate Tiernan

I think there are way too many films made, and I've probably made way too many films. ~ Cate Blanchett

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. ~ Cate Blanchett

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. ~ Cate Blanchett