If you don’t try at anything, you can’t fail. Kate Winslet More Quotes by Kate Winslet More Quotes From Kate Winslet 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. Kate Winslet driven car girl I would never accept a role that wasn't going to stretch me or challenge me in some way. I'd say Holy Smoke! probably did that more than anything I'd ever done. It took me to places I didn't actually know I could go to, and that's what I want my career to be all about. Kate Winslet roles careers challenges I don't read reviews. Just because that is something that's directly connected to my job. 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I'm not one of those people for whom it magically drops off. Kate Winslet pain baby people
