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
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 think referendums are fantastic as long as the question is phrased in a way which is not meant to deliberately confuse or confound people.
Some ideas, like what you're going to do with your life, take time to form.
I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth.
I love strange choices. I'm always interested in people who depart from what is expected of them and go into new territory.
You do get scrutinized in the digital age. You know they're zooming in on every pore, which you've got to forget about.
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 can be a real pessimist. You know that when you win an Oscar, and you walk offstage, and your first thought is: 'Oh God, I've peaked.'
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.