In the movies, it is exciting and clean. The actors do not do chores.
Nobody takes out the garbage - there is no garbage.
Nothing seems to get dirty. In some ways, the Space Station is more like your home. In real life, there are chores to do on the Space Station. Many of the space chores are like the chores that you may do now on Earth. When astronauts wake up, they have to put away the eye shades and sleeping bags.