Art 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 BlanchettBecoming artistic directors is an enormous responsibility and not one that we take lightly.
Cate BlanchettFor me, I think the bigger something is, the more difficult it is to make it nimble and fleet afoot.
Cate BlanchettI 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