For me, the roles are the secondary part of the whole process to me strangely. It's about who you're being directed by and who the other actors are. Whenever I read a script, I think, 'wow, that's a great story,' and invariably I want to play one of the other characters, and the process of working out how to play the character you're offered is to work out why you aren't playing the other characters in a way. Maybe that's why I play roles of various different sizes. The challenge is not necessarily always the lead role, but in this case [Blue Jasmine] it was all those things combined.


2014 SBIFF - Cate Blanchett Discusses Selecting Roles, Woody Allen and Casting. Santa Barbara International Film Festival (2 February 2014).

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For me, the roles are the secondary part of the whole process to me strangely. It's about who you're being directed by and who the other actors are....

For me, the roles are the secondary part of the whole process to me strangely. It's about who you're being directed by and who the other actors are....

For me, the roles are the secondary part of the whole process to me strangely. It's about who you're being directed by and who the other actors are....

For me, the roles are the secondary part of the whole process to me strangely. It's about who you're being directed by and who the other actors are....