Top 334 Quotes & Sayings by Kate Winslet - Page 2

Jim Cameron is a feisty man and a perfectionist, but also absolutely brilliant.

When I was doing 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' I was asked, 'If there was one part of your life that you could erase, what would it be?' And I was so stunned by that. I thought: 'Nothing.' I would keep all the good bits and the bad bits, because those things made me who I am.

My job as the actress playing Hanna Schmitz, as the actress playing any part, is to understand the character, and to ultimately love the character. And I did love Hanna, absolutely, because I understood her as profoundly as I did at the end of the day.

There's always going to be a part of me that worries about not looking as slim as other actresses.

My body will never go back to what it was, and I wouldn't expect it to after three babies.

My favorite breakfast probably in the whole wide world, real treaty favorite breakfast, is eggs benedict.

I'd never want to do something just for the show of it.

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.

No one has a right to comment on anyone's life or the choices I do or don't make.

I have cellulite.

I never saw 'Titanic' as a springboard for bigger films or bigger pay cheques. I knew it could have been that, but I knew it would have destroyed me.

My husband and I met in a house fire, basically.

When you're 21, you think, 'Oh God, when I'm 36, oh God, that's nearly 40 and I'll look really old and wrinkly by then.' And actually, I quite like the way I look.

I like exposing myself. There's not an awful lot that embarrasses me. I'm the kind of actress who absolutely believes in exposing herself.

Since I was 13 or 14 I've always felt older than I actually am.

I'm not a believer in hiding things from my kids because ultimately they are going to have questions - they feel things.

I had a terrible bout of acne after I turned 30.

I was living in my lovely little two-bedroom flat in north London... and suddenly, I couldn't just walk down the street and buy a pint of milk.

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.

Single mums do come in for a hard time. Society is incredibly judgmental. I know this.

I don't own copies of my own movies.

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.

I don't go to the gym because I don't have time, but I do Pilates workout DVDs for 20 minutes or more every day at home.

My skin still crawls if you call me a movie star. I get embarrassed. I think, don't be ridiculous. Maybe it's because I'm British. To me, Julia Roberts that's a movie star. But when people do call me one, that, I think, is an enormous compliment but, my God, is that a responsibility!

If I'm going to change, my life and experiences should change me for the wiser and more profound.

I kept my head; I mean, I've never been one of those people who ended up in the gutter with sick in my hair.

I like the diversity that my children are exposed to every day.

I have always been, and shall continue to be, honest when it comes to bodyweight issues.

I want to keep my health and my sanity and be well and feel happy. Plus, I want to have fun.

I'm obsessed with 'Top Chef'.

I think I'm developing a kind of subconscious loathing of the word 'franchise.' I just think of something that's packaged, something you can buy on a shelf and is immediately disposable. I don't know. It's a really weird word for me.

I think there's a lot of pressure on young people to really be the thing that everyone is telling them that they are, opposed to discovering it for themselves.

God, my brain really goes to mush when I'm pregnant.

Eli Wallach is my very own Sexiest Man Alive!

I resent that there is an image of perfection that is getting thinner and thinner. I've got a lovely husband and children, and I didn't lose weight to find those things.

It's true that you need much time to get rid of the fat girl you once were, but you know I am sincerely grateful for my buttocks.

I have wrinkles which are very evident. I will particularly say when I look at movie posters, 'You guys have airbrushed my forehead. Please, can you change it back?'

Being told to cut off and walk away from a child - I cannot imagine it. I think I'd rather die.

I finally moved out of my parent's house. It was only fair to let my sister have her own room.

I'm not the pedigree kid. I'm not classically trained. I didn't come from the fancy home, no.

I was a wayward child, very passionate and very determined. If I made up my mind to do something, there was no stopping me.

I danced a lot when I was younger, and I've always had decent, shapely legs and thought it's now or never. I mean, when you're pushing 40, are you really going to wander around in a dress that's midthigh length?

There's not an awful lot that embarrasses me. I'm the kind of actress that absolutely believes in exposing myself.

My life has taken me down several different paths I never expected it to take me down. Not in a million years.

When I first read the script for 'A Little Chaos,' I just loved reading it, as it is a really lovely, accessible, contemporary period film.

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.

Lots of male friendships begin as a cheeky snog. Or a little undercurrent of flirtation.

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.'

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.

My children can't see many of the films that I've been in because I'm always either dying or taking my clothes off.

I'd rather do theatre and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films.

I don't really do simple. I'm not really interested in simple at the end of the day, because nothing's ever simple, and nothing's ever perfect. People certainly aren't - I would hope, anyway, because that would be boring, wouldn't it?

Foie gras is sold as an expensive delicacy in some restaurants and shops. But no one pays a higher price for foie gras than the ducks and geese who are abused and killed to make it.

When I first met Alan, I was absolutely terrified. I was 19, he was Alan Rickman, and he's got that voice, and I remember meeting him in the hair and make-up trailer and thinking, 'I'm going to die. He thinks I'm rubbish. Why am I here?'

I wouldn't dream of working on something that didn't make my gut rumble and my heart want to explode.

No one can look bad when you've been lit for six hours.

Let me tell you, 'The Reader' was not glamorous for me in terms of the body-hair maintenance.

There are moments to indulge and enjoy, but I always know when it's time to go home and wash my knickers.

I have been a parent since I was 25. That's a large chunk of my adult life. Mother or father, it transforms you completely.

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.