Cate Blanchett

Catherine Elise Blanchett

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

• If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life— that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment— that would be the perfect state.

• You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls— it's a bit scary, actually.