Cate Blanchett says people get plastic surgery out of 'self obsession' & 'fear'

38 year-old actress and mother Cate Blanchett doesn't mince words when it comes to explaining how she feels about her fellow thespians and others who undergo plastic surgery. She says that she doesn't find it attractive when people get work done and that their motivation is 'self obsession' and 'fear.'

The 38-year-old actress - who recently gave birth to her third child with husband Andrew Upton - hates the idea of plastic surgery, and is happy to have some lines on her face.

She said: 'For me, I think what will be sexy in 50 years time will be wrinkles. Look at a man or a woman in their 50s and all I see when they have brushed their years away with surgery is self-obsession and fear. That's not particularly attractive.'

[From Bang! Media via Gossip Rocks]

I found this same quote from Cate in an article from September, 2007 published in Australia's Courier Mail so she said it at least 8 or 9 months ago. Interestingly enough, Cate also is a spokesperson for skincare line SK-II. She says she uses one of their products, a moisturizing skin mask made of cotton, every morning while she makes her sons' breakfast. Interesting that Cate calls plastic surgery 'self obsession and fear' but that she admits using a mask that costs at least $15 per application. Not that there's anything wrong with high end skin care, but she's raving about a wrinkle-reducing mask while denouncing people who have plastic surgery. It's different, sure, but it's for the same reasons.

Cate Blanchett is shown at the Launch of the ‘Surviving Australia' exhibition at the Australian Museum in Sydney on 6/12/08, thanks to WENN.