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Cate Blanchett Confirms She’s ‘Serious About Giving Up Acting’
“I’ve spent a lifetime getting comfortable with the feeling of being uncomfortable,” the two-time Oscar winner said.
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Cate Blanchett is considering a future far from the bright lights of Hollywood.
In an interview with the U.K.’s Radio Times, the Australian native says she doesn’t intend to continue acting for the remainder of her career.
“My family roll their eyes every time I say it, but I mean it. I am serious about giving up acting,” she said. “[There are] a lot of things I want to do with my life.”
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Blanchett, who returned to the big screen last month opposite Michael Fassbender in “Black Bag,” also hinted she’s never felt at ease with the idea of being a celebrity.
“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,” she said. “I’m not that person.”
“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,” she continued. “I’ve spent a lifetime getting comfortable with the feeling of being uncomfortable.”
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An Oscar winner for 2004’s “The Aviator” and 2013’s “Blue Jasmine,” Blanchett didn’t suggest a timeline in which she foresaw herself stepping out of the spotlight, nor did she offer any thoughts on what her next chapter may entail.
“I’ve spent a lifetime getting comfortable with the feeling of being uncomfortable,” Cate Blanchett told the UK's Radio Times in an interview.NBC via Getty Images
By all accounts, her stage and screen career remains in high gear. Earlier this month, she wrapped an acclaimed run in a London production of Anton Chekov’s “The Seagull,” which is reportedly aiming for a Broadway transfer. And last year, she completed work on the film “Father, Mother, Sister, Brother,” co-starring Adam Driver and Charlotte Rampling.
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She’s also slated to star in the forthcoming science fiction comedy “Alpha One” with Dave Bautista, Riley Keough and Channing Tatum.
Appearing at the Rotterdam Film Festival in February, Blanchett said she never envisioned herself acting in movies.
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“I was resigned, happily, to a career in theater. I didn’t think I was that girl,” she said, per Variety. “There was a sense women had a certain ‘shelf life’ in the film industry and a certain type of women got to parade on the screen and others didn’t.”
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Her ambitions changed, however, after she caught a screening of 1967’s “The Stranger” by legendary Italian director Luchino Visconti.
“I don’t think I’ve seen it since, but I was hypnotized by the cinematic storytelling,” she said. “Also, we grew up in such an incredible moment in Australian cinema-making. I remember watching ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock,’ ‘Sweetie,’ ‘An Angel at My Table.’ I thought: ‘Maybe I will be able to step into that frame.’”
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