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Cate Blanchett

I discovered early on that some performers live their life in order to act, so all their relationships are simply an experience that they can feed back into their work. Which I find vampiric.

Cate Blanchett

Experience

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Cate Blanchett is saying that certain actors treat their personal relationships mainly as material to improve their performances, rather than valuing those connections for their own sake. She finds this approach draining and exploitative, as if they are taking energy from others without genuine emotional involvement.

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