Cate Blanchett quotes

 quotes - I don't understand a way to work other than bold-facedly running towards failure.

“I don't understand a way to work other than bold-facedly running towards failure.”

— Cate Blanchett

 quotes - If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously.

“If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously.”

— Cate Blanchett

 quotes - Some ideas, like what you're going to do with your life, take time to form.

“Some ideas, like what you're going to do with your life, take time to form.”

— Cate Blanchett

 quotes - I'm scared of actors with a scheme.

“I'm scared of actors with a scheme.”

— Cate Blanchett

“If you age with somebody, you go through so many roles - you're lovers, friends, enemies, colleagues, strangers; you're brother and sister. That's what intimacy is, if you're with your soulmate.”

— Cate Blanchett

“An actress once advised me, 'Make sure you do your own laundry - it will keep you honest.'”

— Cate Blanchett

“If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state.”

— Cate Blanchett

“Things present themselves to you, and it's how you choose to deal with them that reveals who you are. We all say a lot of things, don't we, about who we are and how we think. But in the end it's your actions, how you respond to circumstance that reveals your character.”

— Cate Blanchett

“I think Pilates is great, especially when you can do it with a trainer who keeps you on track.”

— Cate Blanchett

“I'm so misunderstood!”

— Cate Blanchett

“Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind eye to them.”

— Cate Blanchett

“I'm one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset.”

— Cate Blanchett

“You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit scary, actually.”

— Cate Blanchett

“When something is a vocation, you don't really make a decision about it.”

— Cate Blanchett

“I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's just unfolding before me.”

— Cate Blanchett

“There's an expression in Australia that's called 'Go Bush,' which means to get out of the city and relax. I try and 'go bush' to places where there's no cell reception. But, I don't get to do that often, so for the most part, it's just a state of mind.”

— Cate Blanchett

“Marriage is a risk; I think it's a great and glorious risk, as long as you embark on the adventure in the same spirit.”

— Cate Blanchett

“When you're a performer, of course you want an audience, but it's very, very different from courting fame.”

— Cate Blanchett

“It's not the normal way to look at things but I experienced death at a really young age and because of that it's been part of my mental landscape that death is really very possible.”

— Cate Blanchett

“I have the embarrassing thing where often if you're watching a film, you kind of go through the emotions and the thought stages that your character went through, but you sort of do it with Tourette's. So I end up often crying when I'm crying, and looking angry when I'm looking angry, so it's pretty ugly.”

— Cate Blanchett

“All cities do face similar, significant trends in the future... most importantly global warming and climate change.”

— Cate Blanchett

“When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process.”

— Cate Blanchett

“Don't you find that work, if you love it, is actually really invigorating?”

— Cate Blanchett

“I'm not focused on what other people think of me.”

— Cate Blanchett

“For me, I think the bigger something is, the more difficult it is to make it nimble and fleet afoot.”

— Cate Blanchett

“I think we should stop drinking bottled water. There's no need to be drinking it if you're living in western communities.”

— Cate Blanchett

“Every director works differently.”

— Cate Blanchett

“I think it's always good to take on things that at first seem bigger than you. Then you just try and surmount them.”

— Cate Blanchett

“Look, I live in the modern world as much as anyone else.”

— Cate Blanchett

“Look, it's one of the great mysteries of the world, I cannot answer that question. I think I'm vaguely blonde. To be perfectly frank, I don't know.”

— Cate Blanchett