I 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 BlanchettWe'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 BlanchettAny industry loses its innovation and loses its access to creative juices if you don't have progressive thinking and diversity.
Cate BlanchettArt civilizes us and it connects us and activates us. And so it's really important to connect with compassion, with stories about people who are different from us.
Cate BlanchettEvery single pore - not on the men, but on the women - is scrutinized, so I am really grateful that I feel very confident in my own skin.
Cate BlanchettWhat I find interesting is this ricochet effect, that the audience perceives the work and then does something with it, throws it back to the world, and there's an ongoing interaction between work and audience, which doesn't belong to the artist anymore - from the moment you release it, it doesn't belong to anybody.
Cate Blanchett