I kept on going and I overcame my fears and got over my insecurities.
KATE WINSLETUltimately, you just have one life. You never know unless you try. And you never get anywhere unless you ask.
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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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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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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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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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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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Having children just puts the whole world into perspective. Everything else just disappears.
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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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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 have just wanted to be an actress. That’s always been my goal. I didn’t want to be famous.
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My husband is not a jealous person in any way.
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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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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 accept my body. I accept how I am and make the best of what I am given. Children orientate towards examples. That’s why I talk solely positive about my body in front of my daughter.
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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 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 don’t believe in sort of holding back, you know, life isn’t a dress rehearsal!
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The good and bad things are what form us as people. Change makes us grow.
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There’s not an awful lot that embarrasses me. I’m the kind of actress that absolutely believes in exposing myself.
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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’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 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 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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If you don’t try at anything, you can’t fail.
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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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If being crazy means living life as if it matters, then I don’t mind being completely insane.
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