Actress Cate Blanchett has said movies have to work around her children or she wouldn’t still be in the industry.

Cate Blanchett at the Los Angeles premiere for ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ at Mann’s Village in Westwood, California. – Russ Einhorn / Splash News

The 40-year-old star has three sons with her screenwriter hubby Andrew Upton and the family live in Sydney, Australia.

Asked how her family life changes when she is shooting a movie, she told the UK’s Style magazine: ‘I don’t know any actor who doesn’t travel with children.

‘When we were filming [Ridley Scott's] Robin Hood, we stayed near the set and there was a Montessori school nearby, so I’d take off my wig, put on my hat and go to pick them up.

‘It has to work for my family, otherwise I can’t do the job. I feel lucky – I have a trailer where the kids can hang out – but I think it’s harder for the film crews.

‘Having children around really adds something. on Robin Hood, they loved the bows and arrows and knights on horseback.’

Actress Cate Blanchett says movies have to work around her children