Julia Roberts On Raising Kids: "Chaos!"
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What's the best way to deal with a chaotic household? If you're actress Julia Roberts, you simply start sewing.
"This is my new skill to keep my brain firm," Roberts, 42, tells Oprah in an interview to air Monday. "I made some big pillows for the kids and some really simple pants for Danny [Moder]."
Roberts, who is raising twins Hazel and Phinnaeus, 5, and Henry, 2, with husband Danny Moder, says that although it can get quite chaotic at her house with the kids she still enjoys it.
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"They are really angelic and wondrous," she says in the interview. "[It's] so heavenly and kind and dear just to have that -- the chaos that goes on in our house and the quietude that goes on."
The Lancome "global ambassadress" shares that one of her favorite things to do is to watch the children waking up in the morning.
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"It's fascinating to me," she continues. "That's the thing about being new to the world, you're just so present and impressed with everything...the older you get, the grumpier you get. [It's like], we've got to get there. We're going to be late. You know, they're in the car, 'Look at the tree!' Everything is exciting."
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Roberts returns to the big screen April 13 with the release of the film adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's book, Eat, Pray, Love.
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She was so stupid in the Oprah show,when she said that she makes clothes for her children considering the recession. What? She can't aford her kids clothing? Is she saving all her money to buy designer outfits for herself? I found that it was a ridiculous comment and the way she insisted on it. That was an insult to middle class parents. This woman is very rich, she must be insensitive an idiot. And yes, you are right. She also stole someone's husband. But people tend to forget these adulterous and later glorify them. Especially if they are stars from Hollywood.IDIOTS!
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Shouldn't she be considered a husband-stealing b!tch like Angie? Shouldn't her and Danny be considered adulterous losers like Brad and Angie? Why is that vile hatred only reserved for the Jolie-Pitts, and nobody else, even though so many others have done exactly the same thing?.....Just a question....
This is a most unflattering photo. Yuck. I really don't care much for her personally. She seems like an opinionated b.tch. As far as her beauty, it's average at best. Can't stand that horse mouth. She just reminds me of a very uncultured bad mannered person.
She's definitley a hard person to figure out. She's out there. I don't like how she stole somebody else's husband.
I think Julia is a nice person, but enough of kissing ass, especially in the Oprah show. She's cute, she is not the most beautiful woman in the world and she never was. "Pretty woman" was just a movie; she's just cute, in my opinion. I was watching her in the Oprah show and was wondering how can people say that she is the most beautiful woman in the world? A beautiful woman is that woman you consider really beautiful WITHOUT makeup. Those women who just seem to get up in the morning and are ready to go out the way they come out of bed. Like for instance Ashley Judd or Charlize Theron who have beautiful features. There aren't many like those, but that's the beauty I admire the most. Of course, Oprah wouldn't agree with me. She has a select group of people, considered her friends and of course, she says they are the best, the richest the most beautiful(...)But what else would a woman who's ALWAYS on the cover of her own magazine say? SAD!!!
I completely agree with your comment.
Sure she's got it tough. How many Nannies does she have on staff? Give me a break. This is not the typical child rearing situation.
I totally understand where she comes from, but I'm glad it's fun otherwise!
Steel Magnolias was a good movie Julia!
Never got what the big deal was over Julia Roberts.She had a few good movies,but so have alot of others better than her,that we don't hear as much about.
Julia has the family she always wanted. Which is a good thing for her.
Doesn't it look like Julia's giving the photog the 'secret bird?'
She bugs me b/c she is only nice and smiling when she has a movie to promote. Then she goes back to snarling at the camera and ignoring her fans. Even that chick from ER said when she was a waitress and waited on Julia that she was horrible and rude to her. I have ZERO respect for people who treat customer service people that way. Julia should be ashamed. America's Sweetheart my a$$, you actually have to be a nice person to deserve that title.
I love her and miss her!! I hope to see her in some better movies soon. The last ones I enjoyed that she was in was Erin Brockovich and Runaway Bride. Hope she does another good movie like that soon. Her family is beautiful too. :)
hope every thing goes good