At
some stage I'm going to have to say Right, that's it. I'm stopping for a
bit.
He's
probably the world's most beautiful looking man [Leonardo Dicaprio], yet
he doesn't think he's that gorgeous. And to me, he's just smelly, farty
Leo.
I
finally moved out of my parent's house. It was only fair to let my
sister have her own room.
I'd
rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting
small roles in American films.
I'm
a bit famous now! It's a bit strange!
I'm
not a period babe. Not at all.
It's
funny when someone says to you 'you're hot' and all that, because I
don't think of it in that way.
Just
because society, and government, and whatever was different 100 years
ago, doesn't mean that people didn't have sex, pick their nose, or
swear.
Life
is short, and it is here to be lived.
Loving
someone is setting them free, letting them go.
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.
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.
Since
I was 13 or 14 I've always felt older than I actually am.
The
whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go
off and rebel and don't like you. When my kids eventually come along, I
don't want them to not like me.
There's
more to life than cheek bones.
I
was reading the script in the back of the car and I turned to my dad and
yelled, 'I've GOT to get this!' And he replied, 'Then you will.' And I
thought, 'Yep, that's it. I'm bloody well going to.' And that was it. I
was so determined. It was something crucial to my life. I just so
communicated with her, the story and their relationship.
And
when I found out, I just couldn't believe it. I was so happy, I cried. I
remember I was working part-time at a deli at the time because I didn't
have any money and was in the middle of making a sandwich when they
phoned and said I'd got the job. I burst into tears and had to leave
work because I couldn't control myself. It was absolutely brilliant.
I
like exposing myself. There's not an awful lot that embarrasses me. I'm
the kind of actress that absolutely believes in exposing myself. - In
2002 she had this to say about doing nude scenes.
I'd
rather do theatre and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of
getting small roles in American films.
It's
very important for me to make the statement that I am English and just
because I've done one really big film, it doesn't mean that I don't want
to keep a finger in the fantastic British film industry and do films
like this.
We
hadn't been planning to do it but we thought it was rather a good idea,
so we just did it. - About her spur-of-the-moment marriage to Sam
Mendes.
After
Titanic (1997) it would have been completely foolish for me to go and
try and top that. I'm an English girl, I've always loved England, I've
never felt the desire to leave it for any particular reason. And whilst
I'm ambitious and care very much about what I do, I'm not competitive. I
also don't want to act every day of my life. ... So it was important to
me after Titanic (1997) to just remind myself of why it was that I was
acting in the first place, which is of course because I love it.
Since
I was 13 or 14, I've always felt older than I actually am.
I
was on the tube just before Christmas. and this girl turned round to me
and said, 'Are you Kate Winslet?'. And I said, 'Well, yes. I am
actually'. And she said, 'And you're getting the tube?' And I said,
'Yes'. And she said, 'Don't you have a big car that drives you around?'
And I said, 'No'. And she was absolutely stunned that I wasn't being
driven round in some flash car all the time. It was ludicrous.
People
say to me, 'You seem to have made this conscious decision to do
independent films'. In reality, I haven't. After each movie, I always
think, how different can I possibly be?... Is this going to challenge
me, is this going to inspire me, and is this going to make me love my
job more than I already do?
There
is no way we are going to move out of England. Some might think that we
want to live in Hollywood but that is not what we want at all. We will
go and live in New York when it is necessary because of work but we
prefer to be in England. I'm proud to be English - we both are. It's
very important to me to retain that. I am an English girl and I love
England. I have never felt the desire to leave. I am still ambitious and
I will have to travel and live elsewhere because of that but England is
always home.
It
was a difficult scene. When I read the script and I saw this scene was
there, I laughed hysterically. I just couldn't believe it. When it came
to shooting it, I had been sort of putting it off, and pretending it
wasn't going to happen. And suddenly, I am there naked, peeing and
thinking "Oh no!" It was really hard to do, but I've always
loved the fact that it was there, and it's such a sort of turning point
for the character I play in the movie that I've always felt sort of
good, that it should be there.
I
can't believe it. I am ecstatic! This nomination means so much to me. To
be remembered for a film that was released a while ago, I am
unbelievably honoured and completely overwhelmed.
At
some stage I'm going to have to say Right, that's it. I'm stopping for a
bit.