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Actress Cate Blanchett attends a dinner for the Sydney Theatre Company at Armani Ristorante on November 23, 2009 in New York City. Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris, WireImage
You might expect a glamorous Oscar-winning actress like Cate Blanchett to be amused by no less than celebrity-saturated red carpet premieres. Not so. In fact, the Aussie beauty and mother of three boys -- Dashiell, 7, Roman, 5 and Ignatius, 19 months -- seems to enjoy home life as much as the high life. "Having boys is great," Blanchett tells PEOPLE at the Giorgio Armani/Ristorante dinner party in New York City. "It's a neat position to be in and I love the high energy that comes along in raising boys. It's fun."
And what about household chores? Doesn't she have someone who does that for her?
"I enjoy vacuuming," Blanchett tells PEOPLE. "It's a very satisfying noise when you hear all that grit sucked up from the floor and into the machine."
Way to keep it real, Cate.
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12-01-2009 @ 12:01PM
Anne said...She's an exceptional actress, but no beauty.
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12-01-2009 @ 7:15AM
Evelyn said...WHAT?? I think she is beautiful and whenever I hear her speak in an interview I like her even more than before because she's beautiful on the inside too. They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I would have thought that most people would think she's in that category. I mean, when I walk around and go to the mall, Costco or Wal-Mart - how many people do you see that even come close to her caliber of beauty? Few, if any. She IS a beauty.
12-01-2009 @ 7:38AM
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12-01-2009 @ 8:31AM
Aseret said...#1-Anne Tell your comment about her "being an exceptional actress, but no beauty" to those three little boys. If they were like my three sons, they'd hang your dirty mouth out to dry on the clothesline.
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12-01-2009 @ 8:35AM
solomeeo said...vaccuming is the WORST job, but then I love to do laundry, so what do I know:)
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12-01-2009 @ 10:10AM
Randi said...I don't love any ANY aspect of housework, but as a major neat 'n' clean freak, I do it because it has to be done and I get a huge sense of acomplishment each Friday (cleaning day) when it is done!
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12-01-2009 @ 12:15PM
Teresa said...wonderful actress
and I'm sure a wonderful mother
as for vacuuming that to I love , it is relaxing
IF you use a Rainbow System to do it with, it uses water No bags
just to see how dirty the water gets and how fresh the air is ,
that is rewarding.
Cate check it out Rainbowsystems.com
then let me know what you think.
Teresa in Nashville
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12-01-2009 @ 1:12PM
Lotta said...And how! LOVE that noise.
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12-01-2009 @ 1:31PM
BorryLorry said...Love raising boys. Hate housework. Dogs hate vacuum cleaner. One hides the other tries to attack it.
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12-01-2009 @ 1:31PM
mahafakir said...Why does not her hubby help her with household chores. She should not have to do it all alone. He should help her do the dishes and wash the spinach leaves. It is a lot of work washing the spinach leaves. They have to be washed one by one in running water. It is a lot of work. Her husband should help her. He can do the laundry. i've shown some of the ways he could help her. If she hires me as a butler I'ds every thing for her. I'd chauffeur her around. An actress like Cate should have a butler like me.
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12-01-2009 @ 2:10PM
psfreespirit said...So vacuuming is keeping it real huh? But does she like cleaning toilets?, and bathrooms? and showers? and mopping? and things that require elbow grease and gross stuff like that--she probably has a maid.
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