All cities do face similar, significant trends in the future... most importantly global warming and climate change.

— Cate Blanchett

A lot of people are frightened by old age - by being around people who are, basically, on their way out - but I'm fascinated by it. It's an amazing thing to be around someone who has had a life well lived.

— Cate Blanchett

Being in Australia, I was really sun conscious. For a couple of summers there, I did the baby oil thing, and my mom said, 'Just don't. You'll regret it.'

— Cate Blanchett

I don't think it's more difficult for actors to have a good marriage than anyone. I think, in the end, a really important component of any relationship is honesty, and it also comes down to luck.

— Cate Blanchett

I don't understand a way to work other than boldfaced running towards failure.

— Cate Blanchett

If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state.

— Cate Blanchett

If you age with somebody, you go through so many roles - you're lovers, friends, enemies, colleagues, strangers; your brother and sister. That's what intimacy is, if you're with your soulmate.

— Cate Blanchett

I have a very healthy relationship to my work, and I find that if a scene is working, no matter how intense it is, you have the catharsis on screen, and you can let it go. I think it's, if at the end of the day you feel like you haven't cracked it, that's when you go home, and it's more difficult to switch off.

— Cate Blanchett

I love 'Annie Hall,' but then I adore 'Hannah and Her Sisters.' Dianne Waist is amazing in 'Bullets Over Broadway,' but her in 'Hannah and Her Sisters,' I absolutely loved it.

— Cate Blanchett

I'm incredibly fortunate to have met the intelligent, generous, risk-taking, stimulating man to whom I am married. He's really amazing.

— Cate Blanchett