Flights of Fancy: Cate Blanchett #HarpersBazaarUK

Love this interview and shoot with Cate Blanchett  “She has made her name with ground-breaking work that shapes the way we see the world. As her award-winning new film garners rapturous reviews, she joins forces with the artist Es Devlin on a creative collaboration for Harper’s Bazaar

“Being an actor has staved off the inevitable decision about what I have to do with my life, because I’ve empathetically stepped into various different experiences, whether they’re fantastical or based in the real world,”

“I think I’m probably quite shy, and I find that the best way to get to know people is through making things together. It’s a way of having very active, visceral, engaging conversations with people. It keeps me social.”

“People often talk about left and right, up and down, right and wrong, good and bad. I don’t think in those terms,”

“Art exists in the grey area. I don’t know the answer to this question, but it’s a conversation that we must have, as artists, as humans, as a society. How do you remain in a robust and brutal relationship with the thing that you are making?

“You have to have a powerful inner critic, and sometimes that can come out. I have been spoken to in ways that now I could probably go to HR and complain about, but those conversations that were had with me early on in my career made me a better actor. It’s important we speak honestly with one another.”