Explore Quotes by Cate Blanchett

I finally had a honeymoon with my husband in Italy.

Someone might have a germ of talent, but 90 percent of it is discipline and how you practice it, what you do with it. ... Instinct won't carry you through the entire journey. It's what you do in the moments between inspiration.

I was but three when he passed by, but I shall be grateful until the day I die.

His [Gough Whitlam's] effect on the geo-cultural-political map of Australia is so vast that wherever you stick the pin in you get a wealth of Gough's legacy.

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

Mind the gap - it's the distance between life as you dream it and life as it is.

When I see daughters with their fathers I wonder what that would be like, although not in a way that immobilises me.

See the opportunity in the misstep.

Women have been doing very, very strange things for centuries. I mean ancient Egyptians were already doing that, but I don't necessarily judge people who do. I don't really think it makes people look better; they just look different.

Some days I'm very lazy, and some days I'm more inspired. I've got things I've had since I was fifteen - I don't throw anything away. I prefer to give it to a friend so I can wear it again...The way I dress doesn't necessarily have to do with fashion, or what is current, or what is in right now, it's more about rediscovering things.

I've got a funny old face. Someone described it once, and I think they were being kind, as character. But I know what they mean! I've never been that conventional. I suppose maybe it means that my face can look different in different lights, so I just try and sort of keep it simple when I'm going out, to still look like me.

I'm partial to a nice cup of vodka. I normally just drink it really simple with a little bit of lemon.

Oh god, I wish. I really wish. If I'm time-poor, which I usually am, that's the first thing to go. And I know it shouldn't be, I know I should be really regular, but I like to get it done as quickly as possible.

It's important to travel and move and have a continual set of experiences so you've got more to feed back into your work. For me, it's a natural thing.