Cate Blanchett: ‘I am Taurus, Taurus, Taurus. I am a triple Taurus’

Here are some photos of Cate Blanchett at the BFI London Film Festival premiere of Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio. She’s the voice of Spazzatura. Her suit here is Alexander McQueen. I genuinely thought “why is she wearing a bagel suit?” I only realized much later that it’s a brown eye on her suit and not a bagel or donut. Sad! I would have liked it better if she wore a suit with a donut graphic.

While I imagine Cate will do some promo for del Toro, make no mistake, she’s going all-in on Tár. The reviews are in and critics LOVE it. They think Cate’s performance is brilliant and Oscar-worthy. Cate is promoting the hell out of it already, including this long-winded and overly detailed New York Times piece. Some highlights:

She’s not some fart-sniffing actor: “I’m not interested in any way in a one-to-one direct comparison, or having a moment of personal catharsis in public. Like, ‘Oh the role meant this to me,’ or, ‘I channeled my own inner’ — no.” She looked briefly nauseated. “None of that stuff.”

How much is permitted when you’re a genius? “How much is permissible when you’re striving for excellence?” Tár “is about to go through a massive transition. She’s about to turn 50. She’s found a way to escape herself and to become larger than herself, and better, and bigger than herself in the making of music. But now it’s like that connection has been broken.”

Her father’s death when she was 10: “There was a lot of stuff that was difficult to unpack. And it was hard to talk about. So we didn’t. We tried to, you know. It was no one’s fault, but it was often quite quiet.”

When she’s asked if she’s a water sign: “NO! I had my chart done years ago. I am Taurus, Taurus, Taurus. I am a triple Taurus. Isn’t that … depressing? Can you imagine Andrew’s — it’s not my fault, darling!”

When she’s told she’s incredibly hard-working: “I mean — do you — Spike Milligan had on his grave, ‘I told you I was ill’ — what am I going to have on mine? ‘The hardest-working person’? That’s so depressing! ‘She worked so hard.’”

She has trouble sleeping: “No, I haven’t [had time to rest]. And sorry for being … vague. I haven’t been sleeping.” Her kids were on summer holiday; she was preoccupied with the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade; generally the world seemed to be “tilting off its axis.” She rubbed her forehead lightly. “When do I sleep? No.”

[From The NY Times]

A triple Taurus? My God. My dad was a Taurus. Stubborn, stubborn, stubborn. And hard-working, focused, driven, all of that. But yeah, they’re always right about everything and no, they will not take any criticism or help. In some ways, Virgos and Tauri complement each other perfectly in that we’re equally insufferable. I honestly didn’t know she was a Taurus either – if I didn’t know, I would have guessed Scorpio (incidentally, did you know Joe Biden is a Scorpio? THAT IS INSANE.) As for Cate not playing the “I lived with this character and it destroyed my life, here’s how much I suffered” game, good for her. That sh-t is exhausting and I hope Cate never plays that sh-t.

Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.

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  1. Kebbie says:

    If her birthdate is accurate, I don’t think she can be a triple Taurus. Her moon is in Aries or her rising sign isn’t Taurus.

    • Jennifer says:

      What’s the birthdate?

    • Ashley says:

      I was going to say is her birthday April 19, 11:59:59pm? No Taurus hates being a Taurus. We’re the best sign of the zodiac. We got Adele, Janet, Lily, our list is endless and full of the greats. Move on Taurean hater

  2. Lola09 says:

    Eek, my worst nightmare! I’m a Cancerian but was naiively ignorant that we are NOT popular until reading Celebitchy lol. Tbf I would be the first to agree I am hard work…but hopefully some good points too??

    P.s. that outfit is horrendous, agree a doughnut would have been preferable!

  3. Annabelle says:

    She’s a Taurus rising and sun, but has a stellium and a half in Aries —so, a multiple conjunct Aries

  4. FarFromRealTV says:

    I think that Virgos are actually less insufferable than Taureans (granted, I’m a Virgo who’s been with a Taurean for over 25 years, so maybe not objective). That said, the stubborn f*cks are more often right than not. Taureans also seem quiet, but low-key LOVE attention, and Kate seems to have the attention loving trait x 3.

    • Yup, Me says:

      I generally love the solid groundedness of Earth signs. Virgos and Taureans are equally insufferable because they’ll both dig in for a disagreement and neither want anyone to point out their own stuff (they act like they’ve been attacked if you do).

      My husband and son are Taurus and Virgo and the constant head butting this past weekend was so grating on my nerves, I told them they needed to go live in a cave.

    • Justwastingtime says:

      I never know what to say when people go on about sign characteristics. My father, my daughter, and I are all Scorpios. We are all quite different and Scorpios are somehow supposed to be dreadful – which seems off as both my daughter and father are/were two of the nicest people you could meet. I am assuming that being on a site called Celebitchy excludes me from being considered as nice : )

      • Emme says:

        @Justwastingtime, fellow Scorpio here. I have found through life that the people I get on best with work-wise or pleasure-wise are also Scorpios. We don’t
        shilly-shally, we are passionately loyal, generous and loving…..as long as you don’t let us down. My sister is a Scorpio too, and we have fought cat and dog growing up, but are each other’s very best friends and total support. Scorpios are brilliant! 🦂

      • Cheryl says:

        My mom, sister, a couple close cousins and a good number of my other Scorpio friends always seemed to come with a healthy dose of moodiness and drama in all the time I’ve known them (some dramas were unwarranted from others just for simply not liking them, while others were a little of their own making 😉) lol but they were also the ones with the biggest and most generous hearts, and always had the most deepest and enduring friendships with others.

  5. Thea says:

    The suit is the Eye of Sauron…with eyeliner and mascara!

  6. susan says:

    giving off some Tilda Swinton energy here

  7. ME says:

    I’m actually shocked at how many people judge a person by the month they were born in. So many factors play a role in the person you become. Anyways, I’ll never judge or assume things about someone because they were born in June instead of September. I must be in the minority though.

    • Lurker25 says:

      @me, yes you are definitely more superior to the rest of us superficial and shallow astrology lovers.
      You must be Aries.
      😁

      • Yup, Me says:

        Right! Or a Libra 🤣 (that butt hurt superior tone reeks of Libra).

      • ME says:

        Nope wrong ! Not Aries and not Libra ha !! It’s actually all of you that are acting superior. Thinking you can tell how a person is based on the month of their birth. You are the ones who seem “butt hurt”.

    • Blithe says:

      Lol: Capricorn maybe?
      I was born in Spring, into a warm, relaxed, fragrant world of bare feet, beaches, and vacations. You don’t get that that could be a different formative influence from an introduction to the world that included uncomfortable boots and having your face wrapped up to avoid frostbite while your parents hustled off to shovel out the car?

      In all my discussions of astrology, I’ve personally heard no one claim that the person you become is not impacted by multiple factors. Although Sun signs are just a tiny bit of it, they do reflect very different seasonal, environmental, and cultural influences that I’d argue are among those multiple factors that impact us all. Lol: But then, I’m an air sign, so I would see it that way….lol

      • ME says:

        LOL nope not a Capricorn ! If your theory was true, all those born in a tropical place would all have the same pesonality. Also not everyone born in the summer has the same personality triats, nor all who were born in the Winter. There is nothing wrong with learning Astrology. I’m just saying it’s not cool to judge a person based on soley the month they were born in. You guys are proving my point by guessing my sign wrong THREE times now lol. Anyways, thanks for the laughs and I mean no harm.

    • cc says:

      Considering all the responses to you are salty, here’s a positive one. I’m with you. Comments under astro articles just take me back to my deeply religious childhood and make me deeply uncomfortable with all their arbitrary judgement. And I love horoscopes for meditative themes.

    • Lisa says:

      ITA. the idea that some guy born the same second as me in a different country with a different life would automatically have x,y,z in common with me and automatically be a poor fit for a wife born in another month is just bananas to me.

  8. Nuzzy says:

    Is that eye brown, or did Sauron get falsies?

  9. Juls says:

    When I first read brown eye, I immediately thought of the ‘other’ brown eye LOL

  10. Alex says:

    I am a Taurus currently dating a triple Pisces and it’s exactly as it sounds… But I love him!

    • NotSoSocialB says:

      I’m a Taurus, husband of 27.5 years is Aries. He has become my best friend over the years. We have a 24 yo Taurean daughter and 21 year old twin Arien sons. Yeah, our house is fun now, but dang, the school years were something. 😆

  11. jferber says:

    Wow, I really hate that jacket. The eye is one of my worst nightmares (don’t ask).