Cate Blanchett: Plastic Surgery Isn't For Me

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(Dec. 29) - Actress Cate Blanchett tells Vanity Fair that plastic surgery isn't for her. "I haven't done anything, but who knows. [My husband] Andrew said he'd divorce me if I did anything. When you've had children, your body changes; there's history to it. I like the evolution of that history; I'm fortunate to be with somebody who likes the evolution of that history. I think it's important to not eradicate it," she said.
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Cate Does Vanity Fair

    Cate Blanchett in Vanity Fair's February 2009 cover story.

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    Cate Blanchett in Vanity Fair's February 2009 cover story.

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"I look at someone's face and I see the work before I see the person... You're certainly not staving off the inevitable. And if you're doing it out of fear, that fear's still going to be seen through your eyes. The windows to your soul, they say," Blanchett said.
Excerpts from Cate's 'Vanity Fair' Interview
On keeping a distance from Hollywood: "I don't exist in that world. I observe it, but there's so much else to be thinking about. Maybe it's because I'm with someone who's not with me because of that; I'm not a trophy. He likes the vessel, but he also wants to make sure the vessel is full. The world of film can be so noisy, but the other aspects of my life are actually the noisiest parts of my life. My best friends are a social worker and a visual artist."
On why she's not like most Hollywood actresses: "If you grow up in an environment where your mother gets you a boob job when you turn 18, what hope is there? But I didn't grow up in that world. The reason I went to train as an actor was that I was interested in it for the long haul. You can become very self-obsessed, but you've got to keep looking outward."
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On love for her husband, Andrew Upton: "[He's] the strongest man I know. He's got a very strong sense of self. He's married to a woman who, at the moment, is in a noisy phase in her career. But he's also been with me when it's not that noisy, and he knows there's not a lot of difference in me, or in us. I'm incredibly lucky to be with someone like that. Because my face is more recognized than his, there's a reverse sexism; somehow his career path is seen as more dispensable, less important. That's just garbage. I have deep respect for what he does, and likewise."
On having more children: "Who knows? Don't close those doors. The world is very overpopulated, but we do make nice ones. They all look like Andrew. To say he has dominant genes would be an understatement."
On why she does not believe in an afterlife: "I wish I did; it would be really comforting. But I don't think we're that important."
On what she'll do if her career slows down: "I think I just want to garden--or kill some plants, in my case."
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