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. Kate Winslet More Quotes by Kate Winslet More Quotes From Kate Winslet I've never understood the notion that actors and actresses should look great on-screen just because they're on-screen. That doesn't make sense to me. Kate Winslet actresses actors looks I am insecure. If you ask me, everybody is. Kate Winslet insecure ask-me asks That's the main reason I took it up But I do feel I don’t know part of, I suppose, my way out of everything, has been really taking care of myself. I think that comes from an awareness that my children really need me, and they need me to be the healthiest version of myself that I can possibly be. Kate Winslet children needs thinking I look like people that walk down the street. I don't have perfect boobs, I don't have zero cellulite - of course I don't - and I'm curvy. If that is something that makes women feel empowered in any way, that's great. Kate Winslet zero perfect people Everybody asks me this, whether I'm slightly annoyed that I didn't get to kiss Johnny Depp. We would have laughed. Kate Winslet ask-me annoyed kissing I think I look nicer now. It's really weird cause 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 feel OK about myself these days. Kate Winslet looks way thinking I simply couldn’t conceive of how devastating it would be not to be able to hear my children’s voices. Not to be able to communicate with them, to hear them learn, grow, and express themselves verbally. How fortunate, how blessed I am. This overwhelmed me. I can talk to my children, I can respond to their needs and comfort them when they tell me they are unwell. I can tell them stories and hear them tell theirs. Kate Winslet voice blessed children My husband is not a jealous person in any way. Kate Winslet jealous husband way You can't be a proper writer without a touch of madness, can you? Kate Winslet quills madness Guy Pearce played Mike in 'Neighbors'. I would fake illness to stay off school and watch the one P.M. show, and I would also watch it again when it was repeated at 5:25 P.M. Obsessed. Kate Winslet fake guy school I often look at women who wear great jeans and high heels and nice little T-shirts wandering around the city and I think, I should make more of an effort. I should look like that. But then I think, They can't be happy in those heels. Kate Winslet nice high-heels thinking I still don't believe this craziness for being skinny, but I eat sensibly and I don't stuff down chocolate biscuits. Kate Winslet chocolate stuff believe If you don’t try at anything, you can’t fail. Kate Winslet failing ifs trying God, my brain really goes to mush when I'm pregnant. Kate Winslet pregnant brain When I think about somebody like Keira Knightley, whom I don't particularly know, I see somebody who is working hard, really trying to challenge herself and make smart choices in spite of people criticising her size and performances. Kate Winslet smart people thinking I'd rather do theater and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films. Kate Winslet usa roles moving 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 passionate character thinking Very thorough in the rehearsal process but more in terms of just understanding the characters, understanding where the actors are at with discovering those characters for themselves, and just setting an overall emotional tone for the piece as opposed to necessarily getting things up on their feet or staging scenes. Kate Winslet emotional feet character My dad was an actor, and my older sister is an actress, and so I very much remember thinking, "Well, of course I'll do that as well." But I never imagined myself as an actor who would be in films. I always only thought of myself being in a play or a musical and maybe the odd episode of [U.K. '80s TV drama] Casualty. My backup plan was to do something with children, to start a nursery school or work with underprivileged kids. And I still dream of maybe doing that in some way. I've always got children in my house, always. Kate Winslet dad dream children I was a wayward child, very passionate and very determined. If I made up my mind to do something, there was no stopping me. Kate Winslet stopping mind children