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

Planning cities is a necessary but risky business.

Catherine Elise Blanchett

I think it's always good to take on things that at first seem bigger than you. Then you just try and surmount them.

Catherine Elise Blanchett

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.

Catherine Elise Blanchett

For me, I think the bigger something is, the more difficult it is to make it nimble and fleet afoot.

Catherine Elise Blanchett

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

Catherine Elise Blanchett

I'm scared of actors with a scheme.

Catherine Elise Blanchett

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

Catherine Elise Blanchett

Some ideas, like what you're going to do with your life, take time to form.

Catherine Elise Blanchett

An actress once advised me, Make sure you do your own laundry - it will keep you honest.

Catherine Elise Blanchett

The word 'circumnavigate' is quite a beautiful word.

Catherine Elise Blanchett

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

Catherine Elise Blanchett