Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett
Catherine Élise "Cate" Blanchettis an Australian actress and theatre director. She has received international acclaim and many accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and three British Academy Awards. Blanchett came to international attention for her role as Elizabeth I of England in Shekhar Kapur's 1998 film Elizabeth, for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award, and earned her first Academy Award for Best Actress nomination. Her...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth14 May 1969
CityMelbourne, Australia
CountryAustralia
Don't you find that work, if you love it, is actually really invigorating?
Actresses can get outrageously precious about the way they look. That's not what life's about. If you starve yourself to the point where your brain cells shrivel, you will never do good work. And if you're overly conscious of your arms flapping in the wind, how can you look the other actor in the eye to respond to them?
When something is a vocation, you don't really make a decision about it.
I think we should stop drinking bottled water. There's no need to be drinking it if you're living in western communities.
I'm so misunderstood!
When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process.
There are certain things in ancient practices that are not worth adhering to.
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.
I am the age that I am and I am trying to do the best with what I got.
Every single pore - not on the men, but on the women - is scrutinized, so I am really grateful that I feel very confident in my own skin.
See the opportunity in the misstep.
Planning cities is a necessary but risky business.