"You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit scary, actually.
Cate Blanchett" - Cate Blanchett
"Working with Martin Scorsese was an absolute minute-by-minute education without him ever being grandiose about it." - Cate Blanchett
"Thank you to Martin Scorsese - I hope my son will marry your daughter." - Cate Blanchett
"Look, it's one of the great mysteries of the world, I cannot answer that question. I think I'm vaguely blonde. To be perfectly frank, I don't know." - Cate Blanchett
"If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously." - Cate Blanchett
"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." - Cate Blanchett
"I had never done anything with blue screen before, or prosthetics, or anything like that. Lord of the Rings was like stepping into a videogame for me. It was another world completely. But, to be honest, I basically did it so that I could have the ears. I thought they would really work with my bare head." - Cate Blanchett
"I don't have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You'd be surprised at the lack of competition between nominees - I think a lot of it's imposed from the outside. Can I have my champagne now?" - Cate Blanchett
