Cate Blanchett

I'm really lazy! ”

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

Being on stage a lot is quite physical. ”

My husband keeps me really honest. ”

I have the embarrassing thing where often if you're watching a film, you kind of go through the emotions and the thought stages that your character went through, but you sort of do it with Tourette's. So I end up often crying when I'm crying, and looking angry when I'm looking angry, so it's pretty ugly. ”

When you're onstage, you're acutely aware of the reaction of a particular group of people, because it's like a wave. ”

I'm scared of actors with a scheme. ”

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. ”

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

I'm not focused on what other people think of me. ”