Cate Blanchett Quotes

Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking.

I don't know what it is, exactly, but there's a negative drag on film sets after the second week or so, a mutinous vibe because the infinite capacities of the directors and everybody else become quite finite and everybody's under the gun and it becomes work.

Editing yourself is like an irksome coin toss. You've got to strip yourself of super ego and operate from the id. Maybe I've got my Freud mixed up. It's just hard to trade a beauty shot for the performance with truth and a brightly lit zit.

There is nothing I can do about this stuff and I am pretty well ok with the fact that I think Sundance is not going to be stopped by it, because he Festival is itself now, and doesn't need me out there to talk about it like I did years ago.

As most actors/actresses, I don't like to watch my own movies, either, and I never look at the dailys while filming.

When it comes to turning out movies, I'm for Hollywood.

I know I don't go looking for directors. I always wonder why they chose me.

I've directed independent film.

When you are making the one you are doing, you think it is the greatest film going. And then you do another one and it is a great film.

All my movies got screwed up because of my personality.

Film wise, I invariably look at my work and reckon I could have done it better. I'm also conscious that I'm in a profession where we get more praise than we should compared to the usefulness of what we do.

When I made my first film, it was just an adventure. But after my first movie, I guess I got more of a feeling of what was happening around me.

I've been in cinema long enough to know what I want.

If you asked me today if there's a piece that I would do differently - there's nothing. Regret happens with all my films.

I don't want to be seen in every second film. I don't want the audience to say, 'Oh no, she's in this one too.'

I made, like, five movies while I was in college. I think they just weren't memorable movies. I've taken breaks as the years have gone on - I burn out every once in a while.

It's amazing how everyone has their different ways of working. I like hearing about that process, reading about it. I have so much appreciation for movies because I understand how hard it is to make one. There is always something I gain from watching a movie, whether it's a silly romantic comedy or an art film.

If you want to do a film, steal a camera, steal raw stock, sneak into a lab and do it!

Every film that I have done has been woman-centric, because I am in it.

It's really interesting to observe each filmmaker's approach to filmmaking and I feel very fortunate to have worked with a lot of really interesting filmmakers and they all approach their job in unique ways.

Filmmaking in general is just really where I'm putting all of my energy.

The first film I directed (Explicit Ills), I did when I was like 27 years old. I had been an actor for a certain amount of time, and then I was like, "I want to start directing."

I always had this thing, when I was younger especially, I didn't want to do movies that much. I found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.

It's difficult to find new solicitations, new expressions. But this is talking about filmmaking. Cinema.

I loathe my own face, and I've done self-portraits because I've had nobody else to do.