Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett doesn't let Hollywood get to her: she stays grounded through family life with her husband, Andrew Upton, and as a mom to three boys: Dasheill (7), Roman (5), and Ignatius (19 months).

"I enjoy vacuuming," Blanchett told PEOPLE at the Giorgio Armani/Ristorante dinner party in New York City this week... "It's a very satisfying noise when you hear all that grit sucked up from the floor and into the machine."

Adds the Oscar winner: "Vacuuming is a big one for me and it's those simple things that keep my life grounded. It can be quite therapeutic!"

Raising three boys keeps her occupied, too.

"Having boys is great. It's a neat position to be in and I love the high energy that comes along in raising boys. It's fun."

She's having to juggle her parenting duties with her current role, which is acting in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' on Broadway.;

"Theater is an evening event so you can't put your kids to bed as often as you like but we seem to find a way to manage," she says. "The kids have been to New York before and they love it. We have lots of friends who've got kids and that helps. But they will come visit me at work.

She adds, "We did a show earlier in the year in Sydney and our little child actually watched the show backstage, which is a really interesting and exciting place with people putting on makeup and costumes and so they love it."

Cate seems to be managing well!

Photos by INF

Cate Blanchett sat down with Vogue to share about topics such as her career and her relationshiop with her husband, playwright Andrew Upton .

Cate says that she's not tempted to be cautious with her career choices:

"I'm not very cautious or careful. It's always been more about having a variety of experiences than any planned trajectory...I think that in a way, projects choose you."

Cate has spent the last few years performing and directing plays in Sydney, Australia and now she is currently gearing up to play Blanche DuBois in Tennessee William's 'A Streetcar Named Desire.'

On her relationship with her husband and the time they spend together in the theater:

"We do live in each others' pockets a bit, but that feels natural. It doesn't feel cramped in there at all."

On the benefits that working regular hours has given their three boys:

'There are so few experiences in our manicured, nanny-stated existence that have the quality of circus. Theater still does." And so, when the boys aren't playing with friends, they can usually be found playing backstage. "They're always engaged in the family business, so to speak.'"

Cate's next movie is Robin Hood, due out in May of 2010 and it co-stars Russell Crowe. I look forward to everything she is in. Is she one of your favorites, too?

Photos by WENN & INF

Today's a big day for celebrity magazine spreads! We just saw Jessica Szohr in Men's Health and now here's Cate Blanchett doing InStyle.

She looks absolutely STUNNING! Really though, this woman can do no wrong. Cate would look gorgeous in a paper bag so it's not as if the stylist for the photo shoot had their work cut out for them, right?

How do we feel about the all-leather skirt/suit outfit? Something you'd wear to work every day right?  :)

ONTD.