The one thing that all great cities have in common is that they are all different

The one thing that all great cities have in common is that they are all different

Cate Blanchett

Accept your lack of knowledge and use it as your asset.

Accept your lack of knowledge and use it as your asset.

You really know a person when you sleep so near to them, or when you eat with them.

You really know a person when you sleep so near to them, or when you eat with them.

To become a painter or a sculptor or a graphic designer is quite an isolated way to spend your life.

To become a painter or a sculptor or a graphic designer is quite an isolated way to spend your life.

Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind eye to them.

Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind eye to them.

You can only desire something that you've already had in your life.

You can only desire something that you've already had in your life.

I'm not dressing for anyone else. I don't really subscribe to other people's idea of what is beautiful. I just want to feel good.

I'm not dressing for anyone else. I don't really subscribe to other people's idea of what is beautiful. I just want to feel good.

It's been a long time since universal suffrage, and I'm sick of the old white men running the show.

It's been a long time since universal suffrage, and I'm sick of the old white men running the show.

It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career.

It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career.

I think Pilates is great, especially when you can do it with a trainer who keeps you on track.

I think Pilates is great, especially when you can do it with a trainer who keeps you on track.

I believe that a creative career is only as good as the risks that you take with it.

I believe that a creative career is only as good as the risks that you take with it.

What you're trying to do as an actor is somehow trick yourself into believing that these words have never been said, and so you've got to discover them for the first time.

What you're trying to do as an actor is somehow trick yourself into believing that these words have never been said, and so you've got to discover them for the first time.

I am the age that I am and I am trying to do the best with what I got.

I am the age that I am and I am trying to do the best with what I got.

I'm partial to a nice cup of vodka. I normally just drink it really simple with a little bit of lemon.

I'm partial to a nice cup of vodka. I normally just drink it really simple with a little bit of lemon.

Onscreen, babies and animals are my inspiration. They're so alive and there and not messed up in the head the way I am.

Onscreen, babies and animals are my inspiration. They're so alive and there and not messed up in the head the way I am.

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

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

The word 'circumnavigate' is quite a beautiful word.

The word 'circumnavigate' is quite a beautiful word.

I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's just unfolding before me.

I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's just unfolding before me.

You learn an enormous lot through failure.

You learn an enormous lot through failure.