Kate Winslet Quotes

Ultimately, you just have one life. You never know unless you try. And you never get anywhere unless you ask.

Femininity for me means happiness and freedom...freedom of being who you are in whatever shape or size you come in.

If being crazy means living life as if it matters, then I don't mind being completely insane.

It doesn't matter how old you are, or what you do in your life, you never stop needing your mom.

I have no regrets. If you regret things, you're sort of stepping backwards. I'm a believer in going forwards.

Life is short, and it is here to be lived.

Loving someone is setting them free, letting them go.

The good and bad things are what form us as people... change makes us grow.

When you're telling a story, I think you should tell it to its fullest, with reckless abandon, and absolutely let it be what it is.

Because of the person I am I won't be knocked down — ever. They can say I'm fat, I'm thin, I'm whatever, and I'll never stop. I just won't. I've got too much to do. I've too much to be happy about.

I hope I'm always learning something.

Regret isn't good. Every decision one makes in life is made for a reason or another. Whenever something bad happens, I go, 'This is happening for a reason', or, 'This is going to teach me something'.

I kept on going and I overcame my fears and got over my insecurities.

I struggle for what I believe in. Life is short, it's impossible to repeat something; you have to take advantage of things when you can reach them.

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

I have just wanted to be an actress. That's always been my goal. I didn't want to be famous.

Youre supposed to be the leading lady in your own life, for Gods sake!

I do endless chopping and preparing things. I really find that relaxing. I do a lot of thinking as I am chopping and cooking.

Acting is about being real, being honest.

As a child, I never heard one woman say to me, "I love my body". Not my mother, my elder sister, my best friend. No one woman has ever said, "I am so proud of my body." So I make sure to say it to Mia , because a positive physical outlook has to start at an early age.

I wanted to play incredibly challenging, multifaceted characters. Because we are all a puzzle.

I don't believe in sort of holding back, you know, life isn't a dress rehearsal!

You know why I fear people's judgment? Because I know they're judging. I know they are.

If you're not still learning and growing as an actor, then you have no backbone and no career

More than ever now, I believe it's so important to look as real and true to life as possible, because nobody's perfect. I seem to be on a mission, but I don't want the next generation, your daughters and mine, growing up thinking that you have to be thin to look beautiful in certain clothes. It's terrifying right now. It's out of control. It's beyond out of control.