And then she’s back to the period pieces that defined her early work.
But perhaps something about that disbelief has shaped her acting itself.
“It’s sort of in [her] bones.”
She would likely agree.
“It’s in my family to act,” she toldThe New York Times.
“I always knew that this was what I wanted to do.”
She grew up in Reading, England, where her grandparents had a repertory theater.
But her family’s roots in the theater weren’t all that glamorous.
Along with a love for acting, Winslet credits her father for instilling her strong work ethic.
“He would always say to me, ‘You know what, baby?
You have got to keep on keepin’ on.
“He still says it to me now.
It’s wonderful to have that.”
A clip of the morning show moment shows the Brit being seemingly too polite to correct host Diane Sawyer.
Very strange moment there,” Winsletsaidwith a straight face before the conversation moved on.
“I said, ‘that’s actually not me.’
They didn’t like me too much for that,” she shared.
Perhaps that moment ended up on the cutting room floor as well.
PerEvening Standard, she spoke about her experience at the youth empowerment event WE Day UK.
“I had been bullied at school,” she told the crowd of children.
“They called me Blubber.
Teased me for wanting to act.
Locked me in the cupboard.
Laughed at me.”
And it wasn’t just children who piled on.
Despite the unfair standards set upon women, Winslet learned to never hold herself back.
She assured the WE Day audience that, like her, they could overcome their fears.
“I learned to embrace my flaws, to make no apology for who I am.
Winslet remembers asking Lee how she did on her first day of shooting, hoping for some encouragement.
Lee recalled needing to tamp down some of Winslet’s passion to get her into the role.
“It was a very fulfilling experience as a director to see Kate blossom.
She came a long way and progressed so much.”
Or at least not in a typical fashion.
She prepared for scenes and was filmed in costume.
After a second camera test, she landed the part and never found out why Cameron picked her.
But superstardom wasn’t always fair to the actress.
“The British press were actually quite unkind to me.”
They married him in 2003 and had a child, Joe, together.
Though they seemed like the ultimate Hollywood power couple at the time, they divorced in 2010.
“And I’m proud of those silences.”
“He’s the superhot, superhuman, stay-at-home dad,” she toldThe New York Times.
“He looks after us, especially me.”
“My focus was my child, and that was all that mattered.”
“I really love hanging out with my kids.
They’re terrific people,” she said, according to theDaily Mail.
Director John Madden recalled meeting with Winslet about the part: “She was ecstatic about it.
Hollywood was knocking, but Winslet chose to use the opportunity to shape her career on her own terms.
“Well, it’s not a shampoo bottle now!”
Though she taken home the top prize once, she’s made history at the Academy Awards several times.
), according toGold Derby.
The home wascompletely destroyed, but luckily none of the 20 guests were hurt.
“But anyway, she was great.
She swept her up into her arms and got them out of the house as fast as possible.”
“I took a bra and passports and my children.”
She added, “So I married him!
I was like, ‘I’ll go for the guy with a head torch!'”
While receiving the award, Winslet and the queen made small talk about acting as well as parenting.
She said, ‘It is the best job.'”
So along with being a beloved A-list movie star, Kate Winslet is also friendly with the queen.
If you’re not familiar with that last honor, well, neither was she.
She told late-night hostJimmy Fallonthat the award was a total surprise at the time.
“Someone kind of called me afterwards and said ‘Hey, we all won Grammys.’
I was like, ‘wh-wh-what?
What are you talking about?'”
