I do think it’s important for young women to know that magazine covers are retouched. People don’t really look like that.
KATE WINSLETI wanted to play incredibly challenging, multifaceted characters. Because we are all a puzzle.
More Kate Winslet Quotes
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I’m often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don’t think I’ve actually cried watching myself.
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Regret isn’t good. Every decision one makes in life is made for a reason or another. Whenever something bad happens, I go, ‘This is happening for a reason’, or, ‘This is going to teach me something’.
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I’ve never understood the notion that actors and actresses should look great on-screen just because they’re on-screen. That doesn’t make sense to me.
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I wouldn’t be a part of anything that had acts of violence toward children. I don’t think I would do a horror film, either. That just doesn’t sit well on my soul.
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I was a wayward child, very passionate and very determined. If I made up my mind to do something, there was no stopping me.
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As a woman, especially when you have children, one gets so good at soldiering on – almost too good.
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I was the kid who never won the races. I never jumped the highest. I wasn’t on the list of the high-achieving.
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Because of the person I am I won’t be knocked down — ever. They can say I’m fat, I’m thin, I’m whatever, and I’ll never stop. I just won’t. I’ve got too much to do. I’ve too much to be happy about.
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I feel very strongly that curves are natural, womanly and real. I shall continue to hope that women are able to believe in themselves for who they are inside, and not feel under such incredible pressure to be unnaturally thin.
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I suffered from ‘No one will ever fancy me!’ syndrome, well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. Absolutely not.
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It doesn’t matter how old you are, or what you do in your life, you never stop needing your mom.
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A lot of the girls were awful, very catty. It was a competitive environment that I didn’t like. You have no idea of the anorexia I saw around me.
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There’s more to life than cheek bones.
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When you’re telling a story, I think you should tell it to its fullest, with reckless abandon, and absolutely let it be what it is.
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Having children just puts the whole world into perspective. Everything else just disappears.
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