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

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

Cate Blanchett

I think you need to have a healthy sense of doubt because I think doubt leads to inquiry.

I think you need to have a healthy sense of doubt because I think doubt leads to inquiry.

The less one can think about oneself, the more interesting and attractive one becomes.

The less one can think about oneself, the more interesting and attractive one becomes.

I'm of the opinion that it's okay to be silent, to not speak if you don't have anything to say.

I'm of the opinion that it's okay to be silent, to not speak if you don't have anything to say.

I think it's always good to take on things that at first seem bigger than you. Then you just try and surmount them.

I think it's always good to take on things that at first seem bigger than you. Then you just try and surmount them.

I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth.

I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth.

I couldn't possibly have played someone with feelings towards a woman unless I had those feelings myself.

I couldn't possibly have played someone with feelings towards a woman unless I had those feelings myself.

Some ideas, like what you're going to do with your life, take time to form.

Some ideas, like what you're going to do with your life, take time to form.

Mind the gap - it's the distance between life as you dream it and life as it is.

Mind the gap - it's the distance between life as you dream it and life as it is.

I love strange choices. I'm always interested in people who depart from what is expected of them and go into new territory.

I love strange choices. I'm always interested in people who depart from what is expected of them and go into new territory.

I love employment, and it's never, ever guaranteed. As much as I love doing animated voices, I just love working.

I love employment, and it's never, ever guaranteed. As much as I love doing animated voices, I just love working.

I'm a pretty boring person. I have a dog that I love, and friends that I love, and a family that I love. I'm just trying to spend as much time with them as I can.

I'm a pretty boring person. I have a dog that I love, and friends that I love, and a family that I love. I'm just trying to spend as much time with them as I can.

I'm convinced that a few guys I've dated are gay, and they won't admit it. I think we've all done that.

I'm convinced that a few guys I've dated are gay, and they won't admit it. I think we've all done that.

I grew up in a pretty large family. We were really close-knit, so I definitely want to have lots and lots of children.

I grew up in a pretty large family. We were really close-knit, so I definitely want to have lots and lots of children.

Ladies: Anne Hathaway is a feminist and she has amazing teeth. Let's save our bad attitudes for the ones who aren't advancing the cause.

Ladies: Anne Hathaway is a feminist and she has amazing teeth. Let's save our bad attitudes for the ones who aren't advancing the cause.

I can think of few things more painful than naming four good things about yourself in front of a room of journalists!

I can think of few things more painful than naming four good things about yourself in front of a room of journalists!

I always think I'm terrible. So it's always a relief when I find out that I wasn't. I've had roles where I realized that I was in way over my head - and that is my biggest fear.

I always think I'm terrible. So it's always a relief when I find out that I wasn't. I've had roles where I realized that I was in way over my head - and that is my biggest fear.

I'd like to be a working actor. It sounds really trite, but there really are no small parts, only small actors. And so as long as I'm a working actor, I can improve.

I'd like to be a working actor. It sounds really trite, but there really are no small parts, only small actors. And so as long as I'm a working actor, I can improve.

I love when clothes make cultural statements and I think personal style is really cool.

I love when clothes make cultural statements and I think personal style is really cool.