425 Quotes by kate winslet

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.

I never had crushes on anybody when I was younger; I really didn't.

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

I look very different from how people expect me to be... Clearly they think I'm a great big fat viking.

Loving someone is setting them free, letting them go.

It's often assumed that British actors read Shakespeare and sonnets as we're going to bed at night and we're all very familiar with it.

At some stage I'm going to have to say, 'Right, that's it. I'm stopping for a bit'.

It's important that period films aren't seen as just a lovely visual exercise.

The assistant asked, `What do you want on it?' and Leo said, `Oh, Kate will tell you.' And Leo just kind of fell asleep. And I did know exactly what he wanted - this kind of cheese and no tomato and no pickle. I absolutely knew. And I thought, `God, that's really weird that I know this person so well.' It was brilliant.