Cate Blanchett Quotes

I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.

The worst acting is about imitation.

I definitely think it exercises an interesting muscle, auditioning for bad parts and trying to figure out how to make it real. I don't know what I'm talking about now.

I am a natural actor. I try to keep it spontaneous as far as possible. That is my mantra.

People think acting is just memorizing lines and doing facial expressions. No it's about traveling along a path of discovery, intention and connection.

As an actress I really like exploring and doing new experiences.

I love acting. I just love it. It's in my bones. I remember when I was a kid, I watched an interview with Dennis Hopper talking about Jimmy Dean on the set of Rebel Without A Cause. Jimmy said to him, "If you've got to cry in a scene, you've got to cry. Make it real." And that's all that I believe in.

The type of acting that I'm interested in, that I aspire to, is where I try and drag a lot of myself into whatever character it is. They can be very different types of characters, but at the heart of it, I always wanted to be a very, very believable and rooted in reality. One of the ways of doing that is to root it as much as you can in your own experiences and then tint those with different hues, different colors to give the different characters their way.

A great actor is simply just seeing him or herself, and reacting to what exists around them.

I guess I'm probably a Method actor; I don't know... I just think of it as staying in the zone.

The imagination is part of the arsenal that actors draw from.

If I have an audition, I go to the audition in character. I'm in character when I walk in the room. I mean, I'm still sweet to everyone, but I'm very much the character.

I just love the process of working with other actors.

As actors, you play people who are not yourselves!

Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that character.

People say: 'Oh, it's only acting,' but it's not ever just acting. At least not with me.

Acting is not just impersonating your character.

As an actor, you can't just imitate someone. You have to get under her skin.

I think that's how any actor would make their performance convincing: by bringing an element of themselves into the character.

I think I'm sort of method in a sense, and I enjoy, you know, trying to find that reality in fake emotion.

I don't think you can be a good actor and want to please, because so much about performing and acting is surprising people.

I believe in the fact that to portray a character convincingly, you need to live that character, own that character. You have to be earnest with every line that you deliver. However, it doesn't mean that you have to cut off your true self.

I am a professional actor, and I am very careful about being sincere to the characters I play.

A lot of really good actors are able to go straight from life to their work. They don't treat it as something that's an unattainable, weird thing that they have to aspire to and reach for in a scene.

I'm an actor. I'm trying to be the character and do what they're doing.