Cate Blanchett Quotes

In this business, you can't make any plans.

As I get older, I'm trying to accept improvisation into my day-to-day living.

Sometimes we let life guide us, and other times we take life by the horns. But one thing is for sure: no matter how organized we are, or how well we plan, we can always expect the unexpected.

I'm not somebody who plans. There were times I planned a lot in my life, and it never turns out how you plan it. So I think it's important not to. I'm a very spontaneous person.

In this business it's difficult to make plans. I think the plans follow you and find you.

My whole life has been one big improvisation.

You never know how things are going to turn out in a movie. You can imagine a scene one way, and it can turn out to be completely the polar opposite of what you expected. You just have to roll with the punches.

I try not to plan that too much.

I thought I never wanted to be on TV. I was dead wrong. I'm almost always dead wrong about the things I think I want, vs. when I just go with the flow, I'm always happy where I end up.

The best plan is to have no plan.

I think I've lived long enough to understand that plans really are very overrated.

You can have a plan, but you have to be flexible. Every day is unpredictable, and you just have to go with the flow.

Each new day has a different shape to it. You just roll with it.

I used to have a five-year plan when I was younger. But that's changed. Technology is changing every day. So you have to live in the day. You have to see what the opportunities are, and go for them.

I've stopped making plans a long time back because they never work in my case. Now, I just take each day as it comes.

You're better off not preparing, because what you prepare will always be wrong.

I'll ride the wave, where it takes me!

Going with the flow is soothing but risky.

Not being afraid to make changes is a valuable tool - knowing you can change back.

Stay fluid and roll with those changes. Life is just a big extended improvisation.

If you have any notion of where you are going, you will never get anywhere.

I try not to make plans. Because, even the best laid plans etc. etc.

I say never be complete, I say stop being perfect, I say let... lets evolve, let the chips fall where they may.

Teach yourself to work in uncertainty.

My advice to you: live in the moment. Stay fluid and roll with those changes. Life is just a big extended improvisation. Embrace the ever changing, ever evolving world with the best rule I’ve ever found. Say 'YES AND.”