Kate Winslet

I've had a very full and lovely career so far, and I can't honestly say that I've ever really found myself in a man's world, struggling for an identity or trying to prove something.

No actor wants to play someone else's performance.

Winning the Oscar was like winning all the prizes in one single night that I never won as a kid.

You have to forgive me because I have a habit of not winning things.

To back away from fear is the worst thing you can do. Fear shows.

My body will never go back to what it was, and I wouldn't expect it to after three babies.

I would like to one day play a man. That is something I do know. I don't know what kind of man. I don't know if that would ever happen or not. It would be the ultimate challenge.

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

When I think about somebody like Keira Knightley, whom I don't particularly know, I see somebody who is working hard, really trying to challenge herself and make smart choices in spite of people criticising her size and performances.

I'm not a believer in hiding things from my kids because ultimately they are going to have questions - they feel things.

My kids don't go back and forth; none of this 50/50 time with the mums and dads. My children live with me; that is it.

I'm not the pedigree kid. I'm not classically trained. I didn't come from the fancy home, no.