Acting is about being real, being honest.
KATE WINSLETI wanted to play incredibly challenging, multifaceted characters. Because we are all a puzzle.
More Kate Winslet Quotes
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One of the reasons I’ve never done intensive psychotherapy or any of that stuff is that if there’s anything in me that needs fixing, I want to know that I can rely on my own intuition to fix it.
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I look like people that walk down the street. I don’t have perfect boobs, I don’t have zero cellulite – of course I don’t – and I’m curvy. If that is something that makes women feel empowered in any way, that’s great.
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I have just wanted to be an actress. That’s always been my goal. I didn’t want to be famous.
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Mum and dad were very much friends, and up to life. There was no anxiety for anything when I was growing up, they just taught me to be me.
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I am enjoying my face changing, as well as realizing that at the same time, as you get older, the machine isn’t as well-oiled as it was.
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My husband is not a jealous person in any way.
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It’s true that you need much time to get rid of the fat girl you once were, but you know I am sincerely grateful for my buttocks.
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I don’t believe in sort of holding back, you know, life isn’t a dress rehearsal!
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I kept on going and I overcame my fears and got over my insecurities.
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You can’t be a proper writer without a touch of madness, can you?
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I wouldn’t dream of working on something that didn’t make my gut rumble and my heart want to explode.
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I struggle for what I believe in. Life is short, it’s impossible to repeat something; you have to take advantage of things when you can reach them.
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You know why I fear people’s judgment? Because I know they’re judging. I know they are.
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I wanted to play incredibly challenging, multifaceted characters. Because we are all a puzzle.
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I am insecure. If you ask me, everybody is.
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I’m always inspired by actresses who are older than me. Because I know that person has lived so much more life than I have. There’s a whole other toolbox.
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I am a person. I am not a soap opera. There is never going to be a next [tabloid] installment about my life because my own stuff is my own stuff.
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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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The audience’s reactions are more important: if people believe in the love story, it’s because they love how we’ve acted. That’s the most beautiful award. It’s very important for me, people appreciating what I do.
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I don’t have parts of my body that I hate or would like to trade for somebody else’s or wish I could surgically adjust into some fantasy version of what they are.
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I still don’t believe this craziness for being skinny, but I eat sensibly and I don’t stuff down chocolate biscuits.
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There are moments to indulge and enjoy, but I always know when it’s time to go home and wash my knickers.
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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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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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The good and bad things are what form us as people. Change makes us grow.
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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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