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Life Quotes by Kate Winslet

40 Life quotes by Kate Winslet

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Kate Winslet talks about the hunger for an alternative life. She calls marriage a glorious commitment and reminds us that life isn’t a dress rehearsal, so we must act boldly. She also says that when life feels short, we should struggle against misery and seize every chance that appears.

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Commitment to one other person in life is glorious.

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

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There's more to life than cheek bones.

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Mum and dad were very much friends, and up to life. There was no anxiety for anything when I was growing up,…

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

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

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I am a person. I am not a soap opera. There is never going to be a next [tabloid] installment about my…

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My dad was very much a struggling actor and spent more of his life as a postman, as a member of a…

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

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It's not the cheating. It's the hunger...The hunger for an alternative, and the refusal to accept a life of unhappiness.

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

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Acting, and the privilege of being able to do it for a living, is so important to me. I don't turn up…

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Obviously, for the majority of parents and certainly me you gain a million worlds when you have a child. Certainly, it's the…

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When I was doing 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' I was asked, 'If there was one part of your life that…

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So I won an Oscar. It's amazing. I've got that for the rest of my life for a performance I am proud…

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Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many…

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Regret isn't good. Every decision one makes in life is made for a reason or another. Whenever something bad happens, I go,…

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There were nineteen years between my grandparents, and I was in a relationship for five years from the age of fifteen to…

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It doesn't matter how old you are or what you do with your life, you will never stop needing your mum. And…

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As a young girl, I never felt attractive. I was fat and unhappy at times, and that kind of thinking stays with…

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I don't feel like a movie star in my life at all, and I don't particularly think I behave like one. I…

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My life did change from Titanic, and for the better in many ways, but I was only 21, and there were some…

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I don't read reviews. Just because that is something that's directly connected to my job. I'm doing this because I love it,…

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What I am very, very moved and struck by is that so many people in the world are often living a life…

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More than ever now, I believe it's so important to look as real and true to life as possible, because nobody's perfect.…

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I've always applied the same attitude to things, an impulsive, instinctive reaction. It's hard to describe, but I often get a sense…

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

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

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

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

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Of course I believe in marriage. Commitment to one other person in life is glorious.

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

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I was very, very thrown by the fact that I had to make some big changes in my life in order to…

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'The Reader' is about a young man's experience of falling in love with somebody who, it turns out, made some choices that…

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By nature, I'm a very positive person, and because I'm happy in myself, and in my life, and I've got a great…

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To be honest with you, I'm more nervous through this award season than I have ever been before in my life. I'm…

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You learn from things that you experience in life. I'd never want to say that I regret anything or that anything was…

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She has a choice. She can either accept a life of misery or she can struggle against it. And she chooses to…

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I have always lived an ordinary life, and always will. It's who and what has to do with my job that makes…

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I am incredibly passionate about my life, I am absolutely unable to hide any emotion. If I wrote a book, I'd have…

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I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself.

It's not the cheating. It's the hunger...The hunger for an alternative, and the refusal to accept a life of unhappiness.

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…

What I've learned about acting is that it needs to be mysterious. If you overthink how a beat needs to be played, it can…

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

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

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.

The retouching is excessive. I do not look like that and more importantly, I don't desire to look like that,

Of course I believe in marriage. Commitment to one other person in life is glorious.

I've decided I am going to start loving my backside because I don't know anyone who does that.

It makes me sound like a domestic freak, but I care very much about my kids' nutrition.

One of the reasons I've never done intensive psychotherapy or any of that stuff is that if there's anything in me that needs fixing,…

I am a big believer in marriage.

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

I love Lancome's L'Absolu Rouge lipstick, as it lasts. Unless you spend the whole night snogging, you won't need to reapply it.