Cate Blanchett doesn’t get a ton of tabloid interest, even though she’s very well-known and well-connected. In the past decade, I believe Cate and her family have lived full-time in England, where they have a country estate. Cate is constantly working and traveling though – she’s got beauty contracts, fashion contracts, and she’s always showing up for fashion designer friends and various palace events too. She’s got a steady stream of TV projects and films as well. All of that, and she works consistently in theater in London, New York and Sydney. I would think that the larger problem is that Cate is really burned out from working and traveling so much. Maybe that burnout is what inspired her to make these comments:
Actress Cate Blanchett has said she is “serious about giving up acting” as there are “lots of things I want to do with my life”.
The 55-year-old is preparing to star in her first radio drama in BBC Radio 4’s The Fever and told the Radio Times she is still not totally comfortable with being a celebrity.
She said: “My family roll their eyes every time I say it, but I mean it. I am serious about giving up acting. (There are) a lot of things I want to do with my life.”
The Australian most recently starred in the spy thriller Black Bag (2025), and has won two Oscars for best supporting actress in The Aviator (2005) and best actress in Blue Jasmine (2013).
Speaking about her experience of being a celebrity she added: “When you go on a talk show, or even here now, and then you see soundbites of things you’ve said, pulled out and italicised, they sound really loud. I’m not that person. 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. 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.”
As I said, Cate works at an insane pace. Her IMDB page has been bonkers for years. Cate and Nicole Kidman are similar in that way – they like to say “yes” to people and help get smaller projects off the ground. Cate is even more hardcore because she’s regularly doing plays as well. Anyway, instead of retiring, maybe Cate should compromise and maybe just limit herself to one project a year? That might help with the burnout. And she doesn’t have to show up for ALL of those fashion events, just sayin’.
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- Cate Blanchett attends a Special Event of ‘Disclaimer’ at The 68th BFI London Film Festival at BFI Southbank, London, England, UK on Thursday 10 October, 2024.,Image: 919102316, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: Please credit photographer and agency when publishing as Justin Ng/Retna/Avalon., Model Release: no, Credit line: Justin Ng / Avalon
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- Cate Blanchett attends a Special Event of ‘Disclaimer’ at The 68th BFI London Film Festival at BFI Southbank, London, England, UK on Thursday 10 October, 2024.,Image: 919102339, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: Please credit photographer and agency when publishing as Justin Ng/Retna/Avalon., Model Release: no, Credit line: Justin Ng / Avalon
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- Cate Blanchett attends the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 05, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California.,Image: 952022974, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: imago is entitled to issue a simple usage license at the time of provision. Personality and trademark rights as well as copyright laws regarding art-works shown must be observed. Commercial use at your own risk., Model Release: no, Credit line: IMAGO/Casey Flanigan/imageSPACE /MediaPunch/Avalon/Avalon
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- Cate Blanchett at the Black Bag UK Special Screening at the Curzon Mayfair, London, United Kingdom,Image: 974753714, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Cat Morley/Avalon
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- Cate Blanchett attending the Olivier Awards 2025 at the Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington, London, United Kingdom,Image: 984497461, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Cat Morley/Avalon
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- Cate Blanchett attends the 2025 Olivier Awards with Mastercard, at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England. UK. Sunday 6th April 2025.,Image: 984617869, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: NORESTRICTIONS, Model Release: no, Pictured: 2025 Olivier Awards with Mastercard, Credit line: James Warren/Bang Showbiz/Avalon
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No need to announce it; this is not an airport… she should just do it!
Agree.My first thought. Why announce it, just quit accepting roles. You’ll drop out of sight in no time.
She sounds like Michael Scott from The Office when he decides to declare bankruptcy by yelling “I declare … BANKRUPTCY”.
Quit then. Tired of actor saying that. The ones who actually do, just quit. Maybe she will stop playing lesbian characters ( that will give her the chance to actually understand what true allyship is or at least stop saying idiotic things about the lesbian experience)
Yeah. Maybe why her family doesn’t believe her since she just says it and then doesn’t quit.
Great actress! But not my cup of tea. She has a pretentious way about her. If you mean to leave acting , you would have announced it after it is done or no one sees you on their screens for a long time and wonders what happened to you. Please Kate drink some expensive water!
Ok, Kate. You don’t have to convince me – it won’t affect my life any.
She was also complaining about award shows. She is doing a lot. Just go retire and when you get bored, do a movie once in a few years. No need to show up to fashion shows, red carpets.
Isn’t she also showing up for William’s Earthshot ceremony every year too?
She was promoting her next gig so she had to say something to make headlines , the truth is that she’s said the same thing in the past so it’s hard to believe she’s serious about it .
And yes please don’t show up to every fashion show or to some ‘humanitarian’ cause or to some elitist summit while you travel the world first class every week and preach us all to save the planet
My favorite actor by far. I’d be super sad to see her go.
She’s a very talented actor and I always enjoy her performances. That said, if she wants to step back or retire, just do it. I don’t get why some actors feel the need to talk about this repeatedly, almost like they want everyone to beg them to stay. Angelina Jolie used to do it too.
To be fair this is the first I’ve heard Cate mention it, but just go live your life, you know? We don’t need updates.
Cate is my no.1 girl crush! I just love her style and she’s so so talented. Would be sad to see her go, but she’s worked damn hard – have a break, Cate!
She was so good in Black Bag. So good. And the chemistry between her and Fassbender was off the charts.
Okay, bye. Used to love her until the Woody Allen years. Yuck.
And ner son is named Roman after Roman Polanski.
I mean okay but literally a week and a half ago I was 20ft away from her at the Olivier Awards, hamming it up onstage and at the afterparty (and it’s not like the Oscars where certain people are expected to present an award and it’s rude if you say no), so she’s not exactly doing a good impression of someone who’s tired of it and wants to quit.