Cate Blanchett Is ‘Serious About Giving Up Acting’

When Cate Blanchett spoke with Radio Time s for their latest issue, the veteran and two-time-winning Academy Award actress made fans and film lovers across the globe do a double take when she revealed her quite serious intentions to step away from the silver screen. “My family roll their eyes every time I say it, but I mean it. I am serious about giving up acting,” said the 55-year old icon, adding, there are “a lot of things I want to do with my life”.

For those having trouble pinning their favorite moment in the Cate canon , that’s because her work in major motion films, arthouse, and on stages is expansive. A sliver of her resume includes Oscar-winning performances as the tragic and neurotic heroine of Blue Jasmine and in the Martin Scorsese-directed biographical epic The Aviator to her sprawling theater work, which spans Shakespeare to Chekhov to Tennessee Williams and beyond. So, when word gets out an actor this prolific and transformative is thinking of quitting for good, it takes a moment to catch one’s breath.



While the actress didn’t offer a specific reason for her sentiment, she noted her dislike for words pulled out of context and being photographed. “When you go on a talk show, or even here now, and then you see soundbites of things you’ve said, pulled out and italicized, they sound really loud. I’m not that person,” Blanchett told the publication.

“I make more sense in motion — it’s been a long time to remotely get comfortable with the idea of being photographed.” When asked what kind of person she is, Blanchett replied, “I make more sense in motion — it’s been a long time to remotely get comfortable with the idea of being photographed.” She continued, “I’ve always felt like I’m on the periphery of things, so I’m always surprised when I belong anywhere.

I go with curiosity into whatever environment that I’m in, not expecting to be accepted or welcomed. I’ve spent a lifetime getting comfortable with the feeling of being uncomfortable.” Still, her passion for theater remains strong.

When discussing cold morning showers, Blanchett said they’re “maybe the one time of the day, apart from being on stage, where I’m truly — and this is a terrible thing to admit — truly present”. Trending Stories Aimee Lou Wood Says Her 'SNL' Portrayal Was 'Mean and Unfunny' Trump Admin Tells Judge It Doesn’t Have to Bring Back Man It Illegally Shipped to El Salvador Are Em Dashes Really a Sign of AI Writing? Team Trump Is Gaming Out How to Ship U.S.

Citizens to El Salvador “You have to have this sort of sonic sweep, like a submarine, in terms of the quality of your listening and your presence,” she explained. “Theater lives or dies based on your connection to the audience and listening to how they’re responding and trying to bring them with you, and also your connection with the ensemble that you’re working with. That listening is so intense.

I have to really focus on bringing the same quality of listening into my life.” Blanchett recently starred in the spy drama Black Bag alongside Michael Fassbender. A Rolling Stone review of the film praised the thriller’s electrifying portrayal of love and espionage, in large part, of course, on the talents of its costars.

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