Cate Blanchett Considering Retiring from Acting: There Are A Lot of Things I Want to Do With My Life

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15-04-2025

Yara Sameh
Cate Blanchett is pondering whether it's time to call it quits on the industry that made her famous.
In an upcoming issue of Radio Times (via The Standard), the two-time Oscar winner ('The Aviator' and 'Blue Jasmine') said there will come a time when she leaves the profession behind.
'My family roll their eyes every time I say it, but I mean it. I am serious about giving up acting,' Blanchett said. '[There are] a lot of things I want to do with my life.'
She most recently starred opposite Michael Fassbender in Steven Soderbergh's acclaimed spy drama 'Black Bag,' which has earned $21 million at the domestic box office. The acclaimed actress told the publication that she's 'spent a lifetime getting comfortable with the feeling of being uncomfortable' in the public eye as a famous actor.
'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 added. 'I make more sense in motion – it's been a long time to remotely get comfortable with the idea of being photographed.'
'I've always felt like I'm on the periphery of things, so I'm always surprised when I belong anywhere,' she continued about fame. 'I go with curiosity into whatever environment that I'm in, not expecting to be accepted or welcomed.'
During an interview at the Rotterdam Film Festival earlier this year, Blanchett revealed that she never thought she 'could work in the film industry.'
'I was resigned, happily, to a career in theater. I didn't think I was that girl,' she added. '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.'
Blanchett will next be seen opposite Adam Driver in Jim Jarmusch's new movie, 'Father, Mother, Sister, Brother.' The supporting cast also includes Vicky Krieps, Mayim Bialik, Tom Waits, Charlotte Rampling, Indya Moore, and Luka Sabbat. She's recently been performing on the West End in a new production of Anton Chekov's 'The Seagull.'
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