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.
Cate BlanchettWhen you're a performer, of course you want an audience, but it's very, very different from courting fame.
Cate BlanchettWhen you're onstage, you're acutely aware of the reaction of a particular group of people, because it's like a wave.
Cate Blanchett