Cate Blanchett Quotes

As an actor, you want to push yourself.

Theater is a way to keep challenging myself.

As an actor, or as a person, I like to do things that are challenging.

Every time I choose a role, I see whether it excites me and offers me the potential to challenge myself.

As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.

I do tend to apply myself to projects that make me uncomfortable because usually when that happens I try to find a way of existing in the project that is more creative.

I don't like going for more than a year without doing theatre. I don't mind falling flat on my face so long as I feel I'm open to the possibility of something extraordinary happening.

As an actor, you should be willing to take challenges.

I don't think it's a bad thing to go out there and challenge yourself as an actor.

My goal is to play characters that I feel I can contribute to and also ones I can contribute back to my life.

I try to be fussy about the parts I play. I think that's quite prudent, it means you're stretching different muscles, and you're scaring yourself by doing something which is out of your comfort zone.

I want to challenge myself as an actor.

I recognize my physical limitations, but I am an actor who is able to transform himself into someone else.

I like to stretch myself, and playing a dance-hall hostess is quite a stretch, but I feel comfortable with it.

For me, it's always the script. The script which gives me the chance to do something new; that has been my prime objective ever since I started acting. There's nothing else that excites me more than that.

I would do theatre till I die. Theatre keeps your honesty alive. You can't pollute yourself. You learn a lot, and you use theatre techniques in life.

I like playing a variety of roles and characters, as it forces you to keep challenging yourself.

My great love is the stage because I do feel like it's the place where, if you're lucky and everything is firing in the right way, you have the greatest shot at being successful. I don't mean by getting great reviews, but I mean by finding the core fo the person that you're playing.

I love playing different characters and things that are challenging. I'm not interested in safety at all. That's what makes me get up in the morning.

Of course you can find something exciting and dynamic in any character you want to portray.

The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things.

You know, people sometimes say to me, 'Do you prefer to do this or that, act or do stand-up or write' but the thing that I enjoy most is the difference between all of them, because you're always learning. I don't go around thinking of myself as a great anything. I'm actually lucky to have the chance to fail at all of them.

Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination.

I love acting because it's empowering. It empowers me.

If you have to change something about you to be in a part, I don't think it's easy to do. You should just pick the part where you can just be yourself.