Cate Blanchett

Ageing is something that both men and women are utterly terrified about. ”

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. ”

I'm constantly humbled. ”

My father died when I was young, and after he did, my mother had it tough. Very tough. ”

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. ”

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.' ”

I feel very comfortable - literally and metaphorically - in my skin. ”

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. ”

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. ”

I think if you're too embroiled in the need to relate too closely to the character, then you start to judge the character for the audience rather than to present it to the audience for their enjoyment and them to mull over the questions that the characters present. ”