Cate Blanchett Quotes

If I weren't performing, there is a real chance that I would be a 'One Man, Two Guvnors' groupie. I think that production is masterful in every way.

I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.

I'm a total theater junkie - whether I'm working on a stage or sitting in a seat. I am always looking for a great play and a great part to do.

My mum very much wanted me to go into the theatre.

I enjoy acting, and I would love to do a play in the future.

Theatre is where my passion lies - I just love it. I love watching it, and I love doing it.

I spent four months once doing a play on Broadway.

I see theater as a simple formula. Audience plus players plus story makes the play.

When I was a kid, to me, the Evergreen Players were the big time.

I come from the theatre; my bones are in the theatre. It's as natural as breathing to want to be in the theatre.

I drifted into acting. My grandfather had a house in Buffalo in which there was a stage, and his friends met every two weeks or so to put on plays. So it was natural for me to put on plays, too, when I went to boarding school. I put on everything in the drama - I was indiscriminate. I put on Yeats and Shaw and Lady Gregory.

Drama is what I did before 'Blossom.'

I started performing at school and drama classes when I was 7.

I played Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz.' That was my first role on stage.

I come from a family of actors. My grandfather was like a Laurence Olivier with the Comedie Francaise. Since I was four I went every week to the Comedie Francaise. My aunt and grandmother were there, but my grandfather was a big star.

I have such a passion for theatre.

When I started drama school, theatre was the main draw. I never had any movie star notions. Not that there were family ties to the theatre, either.

I played comedies and dramas.

For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it's time to exit.

When I was in school, and even after, I did a lot of classic plays, and I guess it sort of extended into film.

Seeing a new play in a first-time production is so exciting - when it's good, you want to shout from the rooftops.

I don't mind watching plays once in a while, but as long as I don't have to be in them.

There are always leading characters. There are always complex characters; there are very rewarding plays with great directors and tremendous playwrights, yeah. I've done a lot of things with theater that I'm very, very proud of.

I am auditioning again - getting back to theatre would be amazing.

I always go back to theatre. It's probably where I'll draw my last breath.