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

Catherine Elise Blanchett

Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind eye to them.

Catherine Elise Blanchett

I believe that a creative career is only as good as the risks that you take with it.

Catherine Elise Blanchett

I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth.

Catherine Elise Blanchett

Onscreen, babies and animals are my inspiration. They're so alive and there and not messed up in the head the way I am.

Catherine Elise Blanchett

The more you can remove the obstacles between you and the world as a woman, the easier and simpler life becomes.

Catherine Elise Blanchett

I'm one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset.

Catherine Elise Blanchett

You learn an enormous lot through failure.

Catherine Elise Blanchett

I love strange choices. I'm always interested in people who depart from what is expected of them and go into new territory.

Catherine Elise Blanchett

My everyday beauty routine is always rushed and pretty simple.

Catherine Elise Blanchett

I think it's so easy to be judgmental of other people's decisions.

Catherine Elise Blanchett

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

Catherine Elise Blanchett