“My dad was very much a struggling actor and spent more of his life as a postman, as a member of a tarmac firm, as a van driver.”
— 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
“Ah, my dad’s whistle. On holidays when I was a kid, we would all be off in the rock pools along the beach. When it came time to go, we’d hear the whistle and we’d all come running. Like dogs!”
— Kate Winslet
“Experiencing those moments of being alone… is a very, very weird flooring and exposing position to be in when you’re just not used to it… But I’ve never been lonely. And with my kids Mia and Joe that remains the case.”
— Kate Winslet
“Those days of every child having a mummy and daddy who lived at home – Daddy went to work, and Mummy stayed at home and took care of everyone – those days have almost gone, and it’s so much more unconventional now.”
— Kate Winslet
“There are moments to indulge and enjoy, but I always know when it’s time to go home and wash my knickers.”
— Kate Winslet
“There were nineteen years between my grandparents, and I was in a relationship for five years from the age of fifteen to twenty with a man who was thirteen years older than me who remains one of the loves of my life, and he passed away when I was twenty years old.”
— Kate Winslet
“My parents met because my father was an actor friend of one of my mom’s brothers, but my mother has never set foot on the stage – she’s quite shy. So it’s a strange thing because people say, ‘Oh, coming from acting parents,’ when the idea of acting would literally make my mother just want to throw up.”
— Kate Winslet
“‘Harry Potter’ really harnessed the imagination of so many young-adult minds, and it’s the same with the ‘Divergent’ series.”
— Kate Winslet
“I lend my daughter beauty products, but only as a treat. If she’s going to a party, I’ll let her borrow a mascara or moisturizer.”
— Kate Winslet
“It doesn’t make any sense… that’s why I trust it!”
— Kate Winslet
“Marriage has made me safer.”
— Kate Winslet
“I am a big believer in marriage.”
— Kate Winslet
“‘Revolutionary Road’ is a fascinating study of the human condition of a fragmenting marriage and the torment that these two people put themselves through in their efforts to try and find happiness and try and stay together, actually.”
— 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
“What I am very, very moved and struck by is that so many people in the world are often living a life that they hadn’t planned for themselves. And they wake up one day and say, ‘Hang on. Who am I? Is this really me? Is this what I really wanted?’ And also, ‘Can I change it? Have I got the courage to change it?’”
— Kate Winslet
“It’s very easy to be judgmental until you know someone’s truth.”
— Kate Winslet
“You know why I fear people’s judgment? Because I know they’re judging. I know they are.”
— Kate Winslet
“The good and bad things are what form us as people… change makes us grow.”
— Kate Winslet
“I think that between 27 and 37 was a really big learning decade.”
— Kate Winslet
“The things that make me happiest in the whole world are going on the occasional picnic, either with my children or with my partner; big family gatherings; and being able to go to the grocery store – if I can get those things in, I’m doing good.”
— Kate Winslet
“I think of myself as a mum who finds the time to go to work. I have to check myself for baby sick before I walk out of the house in the morning. I am really a mum… I know I am a great mother.”
— Kate Winslet
“I get up extremely early in the morning.”
— Kate Winslet
“I love the routine. I love getting up in the morning and getting breakfast and packing lunches and doing the school run. Those things are really important to me. Because I think that those small but key moments are crucial for a kid.”
— Kate Winslet
“The happiness I feel in having a family has brought me a real beauty.”
— Kate Winslet
“I’m often drawn to characters that are more obviously one thing. They’re passionate, and there is always an element of strength because I think every person possesses that in some way, even if they’ve experienced hardship in their lives.”
— Kate Winslet
“So I won an Oscar. It’s amazing. I’ve got that for the rest of my life for a performance I am proud of. It nearly killed me. I am really proud of the film. That’s it, moving on.”
— Kate Winslet
“I never had a desire to be famous… I was fat. I didn’t know any fat famous actresses… You know, once a fat kid, always a fat kid. Because you always think that you just look a little bit wrong or a little bit different from everyone else. And I still sort of have that.”
— 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
“I was suddenly really famous, and I didn’t know how to cope. I didn’t know myself well enough as a person, number one, and as an actor, number two. I wanted to escape.”
— Kate Winslet