I am happiest when I don't know what's coming next.

Cate Blanchett Quotes

Australian - Actress Born: May 14, 1969

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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

Go, Through, Roles

I am happiest when I don't know what's coming next. Cate Blanchett

I Am, Next, Happiest

If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously. Cate Blanchett

Know, Going, Fail

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

City, Part, Bush

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

Will, Sure, Actress

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

Racism, Blind, Bad

People assume actors are born liars, but I'd argue the actor's job is to tell the truth. And I've realised I'm not a good liar. Cate Blanchett

Born, Liars, Realised

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

Deal, About, Reveals

It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career. Cate Blanchett

Career, Move, Realized

In my career, I thought I've never wanted to get anywhere in particular. I just wanted to work with interesting people on interesting projects. Cate Blanchett

Thought, Career, Projects

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I'm either sitting very still or running very fast. Cate Blanchett

Running, Very, Either

I look forward to the holiday season every year. Cate Blanchett

Year, Season, Holiday Season

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

Decision, About, Vocation

You have to know how to evolve with age without trying to hang on to your younger image of yourself from the past. Cate Blanchett

Image, Younger, Hang

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

Love, My Life, Think

I'm not particularly interested in playing characters that think the way I do. Cate Blanchett

Think, Playing, Characters

I'm not sure if I want to direct a film, but certainly, as an actress, I'm always thinking, 'Surely this must be my last film.' Cate Blanchett

Always, Actress, Certainly

I always dressed as a man when I was at school. I loved wearing a tie and a shirt, and I was always wearing suits. Annie Lennox was my hero. I was always playing men in high school. Cate Blanchett

Dressed, Always, Wearing

People are always saying they loved me in 'Titanic.' Cate Blanchett

Loved, Always, Titanic

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

Think, Always, I Think

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

Love, Actually, Invigorating

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

Thought, Through, Your

I want to see a connected and progressive future for Australia, where we harness our greatest natural resources: sun, wind, and brain power. Cate Blanchett

Want, Resources, Natural

I think the only thing I knew for sure is that I wanted to, whatever I did, I wanted to travel with my work, an adventurous spirit. Cate Blanchett

Think, I Think, Sure

My husband keeps me really honest. Cate Blanchett

Me, Husband, Honest

People who say, 'There's nothing to fear from spiders' have clearly never been to Australia. Cate Blanchett

Never, Been, Nothing

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