Cate Blanchett

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.

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

Before having children, I think I probably approached work very differently, and you become much more economical and pragmatic about your relationship to it.

An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer.

Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.

Australians and the British are very similar: If you try and stand out in any way, and you try to reach for success, someone is gonna be there to cut you down.