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.

I think for any actor, for the roles they deeply, truly want? They always have to audition for them.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.