If you over plan New Year's Eve it's going to be a disaster so you have to be alive to changes. Cate Blanchett More Quotes by Cate Blanchett More Quotes From Cate Blanchett Things present themselves to you, and it's how you choose to deal with them that reveals who you are. We all say a lot of things, don't we, about who we are and how we think. But in the end it's your actions, how you respond to circumstance that reveals your character. Cate Blanchett who-we-are character thinking I love strange choices. I'm always interested in people who depart from what is expected of them and go into new territory. Cate Blanchett territory choices people If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously. Cate Blanchett motivation attitude inspirational 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. Cate Blanchett thinking-about-you feelings beautiful I couldn't possibly have played someone with feelings towards a woman unless I had those feelings myself. Cate Blanchett feelings 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. Cate Blanchett female people ideas Mind the gap - it's the distance between life as you dream it and life as it is. Cate Blanchett distance mind dream Some ideas, like what you're going to do with your life, take time to form. Cate Blanchett take-time form ideas 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. Cate Blanchett inspiration journey practice I think you need to have a healthy sense of doubt because I think doubt leads to inquiry. Cate Blanchett healthy doubt thinking I think it's always good to take on things that at first seem bigger than you. Then you just try and surmount them. Cate Blanchett trying firsts thinking I just don't see myself as the heroine in my own narrative. Cate Blanchett heroines my-own narrative Art civilizes us and it connects us and activates us. And so it's really important to connect with compassion, with stories about people who are different from us. Cate Blanchett compassion people art I'm of the opinion that it's okay to be silent, to not speak if you don't have anything to say. Cate Blanchett silent opinion speak When you fall in love with someone, you're not really changing at all. You're really just reliving something that already happened at some point. Cate Blanchett happened falling-in-love fall The less one can think about oneself, the more interesting and attractive one becomes. Cate Blanchett attractive interesting thinking You learn an enormous lot through failure. Cate Blanchett enormous The one thing that all great cities have in common is that they are all different Cate Blanchett different cities common I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth. Cate Blanchett ought telling-the-truth My husband wasn't put off by it - he thought it was hilarious to see me dressed as Dylan! He didn't particularly want to kiss me with stubble all over my face - it felt a bit odd! But I think he's used to it [the make-up process]. Cate Blanchett kissing husband thinking
