I've an enormous respect for ...

I've an enormous respect for my mother who at the age of 39 raised three children, and I grew up with my grandmother in the household. And so it was a really strong household of women - my poor brother! It was great growing up with so many generations of women.
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 Cate Blanchett

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I remember when I was 26. My father died when I was young and my mother didn't have a lot of money, so I thought, 'I want to own a flat by the time I'm 26.' So I worked towards that, literally trying to scrimp and save. But sometimes those plans don't go as you expect.
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It's not the normal way to look at things but I experienced death at a really young age and because of that it's been part of my mental landscape that death is really very possible.
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When I see daughters with their fathers I wonder what that would be like, although not in a way that immobilises me.
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It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career.
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If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously.
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