Theater is a space where you cross over from everyday life, because there are real people in that moment moving in front of you-you're being invited to believe in a story and cross that bridge.
Cate BlanchettWe change people's lives, at the risk of our own. We change countries, governments, history, gravity. After gravity, culture is the thing that holds humanity in place, in an otherwise constantly shifting and, let's face it, tiny outcrop in the middle of an infinity of nowhere.
Cate BlanchettYou do get scrutinized in the digital age. You know they're zooming in on every pore, which you've got to forget about.
Cate BlanchettI think often women can feel isolated and feel like they get into a rut and don't quite know how to get out of it.
Cate BlanchettIt was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career.
Cate BlanchettWe have to band together, but the thing in America is that people are terrified of losing their jobs... Maybe California needs to secede. The only thing that'll make any difference is the money... Tax dollars and losing that amount of money. It's one of the most economically powerful states, isn't it? That's where it hurts.
Cate Blanchett