She has a choice. She can either accept a life of misery or she can struggle against it. And she chooses to struggle…she fails in the end but there’s something beautiful and even heroic in her rebellion.
KATE WINSLETI was the kid who never won the races. I never jumped the highest. I wasn’t on the list of the high-achieving.
More Kate Winslet Quotes
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If being crazy means living life as if it matters, then I don’t mind being completely insane.
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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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I accept my body. I accept how I am and make the best of what I am given.
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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 have no regrets. If you regret things, you’re sort of stepping backwards. I’m a believer in going forwards.
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You can’t be a proper writer without a touch of madness, can you?
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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’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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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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Having children just puts the whole world into perspective. Everything else just disappears.
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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 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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Loving someone is setting them free, letting them go.
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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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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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