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
I don't think about being beautiful or not being beautiful. It's more about feeling confident inside your own skin really and thinking about yourself as little as possible.
If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously.
And perhaps, those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films, with women at the center are niche experience, they are not. Audiences want to see them and, in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people.
I don't like to reduce a role to fit me. The challenge to me is to expand to it. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. But that's the challenge of it.
I don't mind not looking conventionally - you know, attractive if that's what the part requires.
I'm not interested in using my father's death as some touch point for why I've become an actor - it's grossly opportunistic.
I never want to work. Even when you're presented with these great opportunities, I think, 'I really love being in my pajamas with the kids.'
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.
The great thing about not being American is that you don't assume you know what a Southern accent sounds like, so you have to be specific.
and for casting me. He cast me on instinct, not with any concern to box office, so I thank him eternally.
I love dressing up, although that doesn't mean necessarily on the school run.
Inhibition is something I notice in hamstrung actors all the time. They can be wonderful up to a point and then become very self-conscious.
I haven't got many anecdotes. Maybe I should do something scandalous.
After two kids, I hit the pillow and go straight to sleep.