"I discovered early on that some performers live their life in order to act, so all their relationships are simply an experience that they can feed back into their work. Which I find vampiric.“

-Cate Blanchett

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"Actresses can get outrageously precious about the way they look. That's not what life's about. If you starve yourself to the point where your brain cells shrivel, you will never do good work. And if you're overly conscious of your arms flapping in the wind, how can you look the other actor in the eye to respond to them?"

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"It's important to travel and move and have a continual set of experiences so you've got more to feed back into your work. For me, it's a natural thing."

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"I've an enormous respect for my mother who at the age of 39 raised three children, and I grew up with my grandmother in the household. And so it was a really strong household of women - my poor brother! It was great growing up with so many generations of women."

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"Marriage is a risk I think it's a great and glorious risk, as long as you embark on the adventure in the same spirit."

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"There is not a lot of separation between work and home life."

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"If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state."

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