From there, the rest is history.

“But I think it’s made me a better actor.

And thenBlue Jasminelanded in my lap.”

Cate Blanchett

It was obviously meant to be.

“She has been an extraordinary blessing for all of us,” she toldHarper’s Bazaarat the time.

I can’t help it, it’s part of my instinct."

Actor Cate Blanchett

But I was really happy to be able to."

It’s clear she puts her family before anything else.

“I have always referred to myself as an actor,” Blanchett explained toThe Guardianin 2020.

Cate Blanchett smiling

“I am of the generation where the word actress was used almost always in a pejorative sense.

She continued, “I’m a bit of bowerbird.

My taste is quite eclectic.

Cate Blanchett smiling

But, most importantly, she said she only dresses for herself.

“I don’t really care what people think in the end.

I’m not dressing for anyone’s approval.”

Actor Cate Blanchett

Every day I would read the news and feel more and more hopeless about the situation.

Actor Cate Blanchett