Cate Blanchett in ‘Blue Jasmine’
"I think a role hits you at the right time," says Blanchett. "I just had a deep connection immediately with the part. I felt like it began to really get inside me the minute I read the script. Jasmine is constantly performing as someone rather than inhabiting herself. The fascinating thing for me about Jasmine is she's an utterly constructed human being. She's changed her name. She's chosen the right social set to work to move into. So she's someone who has a dislocated sense of self from the get-go. I was interested in finding out what the silhouette was, what the cliche was she was aspiring to but could never quite achieve. She got everything, but she is still ripe for a nervous breakdown."