I was always quite good with accents – I always had quite a good ear – so from the age of about 13, I used to do a lot of voiceover and dubbing for foreign films. – Kate Winslet
Oh, I had, ‘No one will ever fancy me!’ I had that well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. I don’t mind the way I’m ageing. No reason to panic just yet. I think I look my age, and that’s fine. – Kate Winslet
In order to maintain that fire for acting and capture its essence, you can’t let yourself be concerned with what people have to say about you. You just can’t. – Kate Winslet
I think any form of self-expression is half confidence, half sheer hard work and, maybe, a bit of talent thrown in. – Kate Winslet
I want to keep my health and my sanity and be well and feel happy. Plus, I want to have fun. – Kate Winslet
I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant. – Kate Winslet
Mum and Dad were very much friends and up for life. There was no anxiety for anything when I was growing up; they just taught me to be me. – Kate Winslet
I think I can see more clearly now – about how the pattern of past experiences has shaped who I am and the characters I have played – and I’m grateful for that. – Kate Winslet
I think heartbreak is something that you learn to live with as opposed to learn to forget. – Kate Winslet
I do endless chopping and preparing things. I really find that relaxing. I do a lot of thinking as I am chopping and cooking. – Kate Winslet
There’s not an awful lot that embarrasses me. I’m the kind of actress that absolutely believes in exposing myself. – Kate Winslet
I will tell you that when I was heavy, people would say to me – and it was such a backhanded compliment – they would say, ‘You’ve got such a beautiful face,’ in the way of, like, ‘Oh, isn’t it a shame that from the neck down you’re questionable.’ – Kate Winslet
Being told to cut off and walk away from a child – I cannot imagine it. I think I’d rather die. – Kate Winslet
If I had a child, I wouldn’t let them go to drama school. At times, I was really unhappy there. – Kate Winslet
I won’t allow magazines in the house. When I was younger, I wanted to have my hair cut like so-and-so in the class above me at school, not somebody in a magazine. You see young girls trying to dress like so-and-so because they’ve seen lots of pictures of them. – Kate Winslet
Before ‘Titanic,’ yes, I had done some things and, yes, I had been nominated for an Academy Award, but I had never been sort of world-famous. And I suppose, yes, I am really famous now. But I feel embarrassed to say that because it’s just a bit daft for me. – Kate Winslet
Plastic surgery and breast implants are fine for people who want that, if it makes them feel better about who they are. But, it makes these people, actors especially, fantasy figures for a fantasy world. Acting is about being real being honest. – Kate Winslet
I do like being busy. I’m not the kind of person who just sits around and goes to a spa when I’m not working. – Kate Winslet
I would like to one day play a man. That is something I do know. I don’t know what kind of man. I don’t know if that would ever happen or not. It would be the ultimate challenge. – Kate Winslet
As an adult and a parent, when I’m not acting, I’m not acting. I’m being a parent, and I’m on the school run, and I’m sewing labels onto socks. That’s what I’m doing. – Kate Winslet
