Cate Blanchett Quotes

One of the hardest things for me to do is watch myself. The first time I see it, I am obsessed with my left ear or my right ear or some other physical attribute, or the fact that I'm 60 or whatever shallow ego thought is running through my head. I'm just destroyed that I'm not Cary Grant or whatever.

In the early days of picture-taking, the exposure shutter had to stay open for a long time, so you had to stay really still.

I don't know; I don't really look at pictures of me when I'm in public.

Everyone likes taking their own photos and seeing themselves reflected back.

I couldn't stand seeing myself on the screen.

I cannot tell you that I am 100-percent comfortable, but for sure I am more confident of my goals, because I know what I can expect from this kind of event. At the beginning, everything was a mysterious, far-from-me world, and now it's more accessible. Of course, exposing myself is always very difficult. I cannot say that I'm a shy person, but I don't see myself as a superstar. I will never see myself like that.

I often don't see what I've done, or I cringe when I watch myself.

When you're young, you're always concerned about how you're being seen and how you're being criticized.

Well, the real Eric Bogosian is pretty self-conscious of himself.

Since I was a little child, my nose - I think it's too big.

My photographs don't do me justice - they just look like me.

I find mirrors detestable; I dislike seeing myself. Of course, there's a mirror in the bathroom, but it's a magnifying one for shaving. Photographs are fine, but I don't like mirrors because they take you by surprise.

I don't know if I get recognized necessarily, though I do get looked at a lot - but I don't know if it's because of who I am, or if people just think I look weird.

I am not as confident as the characters I play. I am a bit aloof. I am uncomfortable in social situations.

I don't really like watching myself - it isn't necessarily one of my favourite things to do.

We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do.

There is something wrong about being photographed that has nothing to do with vanity.

I purposefully did not want to watch anything I've done so far; I actually don't like looking at my face, so I don't like watching myself on the screen. It's an insecurity thing I have.

I'm pretty sure I would never do a full frontal in a movie - for personal reasons, I wouldn't really want to show that.

I didn't quite believe I was pretty for a long time. I never thought about it.

I find still photographs make me quite self-conscious.

No, it's not comfortable; I hate watching myself. You don't like when you hear your voice on your voicemail; imagine having to see yourself 30 feet wide and 30 feet big.

For a long time, I would go out of my way to have a personal appearance on the verge of an insane person, because it was closer to how I felt, but I looked so dumb. So, I just stopped. It was like, 'I'm just going to look like a banker.'

I don't watch my playbacks because I hate to see myself act.

I became interested in photography when I found my own sketching was inadequate.