Quotes by Kate Winslet

So I won an Oscar. Its amazing. Ive got that for the rest of my life for a performance I am proud of. It nearly killed me. I am really proud of the film. Thats it, moving on.

Im often drawn to characters that are more obviously one thing. Theyre passionate, and there is always an element of strength because I think every person possesses that in some way, even if theyve experienced hardship in their lives.

The happiness I feel in having a family has brought me a real beauty.

I love the routine. I love getting up in the morning and getting breakfast and packing lunches and doing the school run. Those things are really important to me. Because I think that those small but key moments are crucial for a kid.

I think of myself as a mum who finds the time to go to work. I have to check myself for baby sick before I walk out of the house in the morning. I am really a mum... I know I am a great mother.

I get up extremely early in the morning.

The things that make me happiest in the whole world are going on the occasional picnic, either with my children or with my partner; big family gatherings; and being able to go to the grocery store - if I can get those things in, Im doing good.

I think that between 27 and 37 was a really big learning decade.

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

You know why I fear peoples judgment? Because I know theyre judging. I know they are.

Its very easy to be judgmental until you know someones truth.

What I am very, very moved and struck by is that so many people in the world are often living a life that they hadnt planned for themselves. And they wake up one day and say, Hang on. Who am I? Is this really me? Is this what I really wanted? And also, Can I change it? Have I got the courage to change it?

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

Revolutionary Road is a fascinating study of the human condition of a fragmenting marriage and the torment that these two people put themselves through in their efforts to try and find happiness and try and stay together, actually.

Marriage has made me safer.

I am a big believer in marriage.

It doesnt make any sense... thats why I trust it!

I lend my daughter beauty products, but only as a treat. If shes going to a party, Ill let her borrow a mascara or moisturizer.

Harry Potter really harnessed the imagination of so many young-adult minds, and its the same with the Divergent series.

My parents met because my father was an actor friend of one of my moms brothers, but my mother has never set foot on the stage - shes quite shy. So its a strange thing because people say, Oh, coming from acting parents, when the idea of acting would literally make my mother just want to throw up.