Quotes from Kate Winslet

I am insecure. If you ask me, everybody is.

When I first met Alan, I was absolutely terrified. I was 19, he was Alan Rickman, and he's got that voice, and I remember meeting him in the hair and make-up trailer and thinking, 'I'm going to die. He thinks I'm rubbish. Why am I here?'

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

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

My skin still crawls if you call me a movie star. I get embarrassed. I think, don't be ridiculous. Maybe it's because I'm British. To me, Julia Roberts that's a movie star. But when people do call me one, that, I think, is an enormous compliment but, my God, is that a responsibility!

I love to cook. I could never give that up.

I love to cook; I cook every day. Chicken features a lot in our lives.

Yeah, acting is very difficult. As much as I love it, and the challenge of it, I'm so often just terrified by it.

Jane Campion is a tough director.

My husband is not a jealous person in any way.

Just because society, and government, and whatever was different 100 years ago, doesn't mean that people didn't have sex, pick their nose, or swear.

Before 'Titanic,' yes, I had done some things and, yes, I had been nominated for an Academy Award, but I had never been sort of world-famous. And I suppose, yes, I am really famous now. But I feel embarrassed to say that because it's just a bit daft for me.

I have wrinkles which are very evident. I will particularly say when I look at movie posters, 'You guys have airbrushed my forehead. Please, can you change it back?'

I won't allow magazines in the house. When I was younger, I wanted to have my hair cut like so-and-so in the class above me at school, not somebody in a magazine. You see young girls trying to dress like so-and-so because they've seen lots of pictures of them.

I went up to Meryl Streetp and said 'I love you so much I want to tongue kiss you' And she said 'OK'.

I'm not afraid to admit that I'm a relatively slow reader.

'Holy Smoke' is very brave because I don't think it's easy to watch.

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

Single mums do come in for a hard time. Society is incredibly judgmental. I know this.

Kitchens are so important. They're the heart of everything.

It doesn't make any sense... that's why I trust it!

So I won an Oscar. It's amazing. I've 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. That's it, moving on.

I hope I'm always learning something.

I think there's a lot of pressure on young people to really be the thing that everyone is telling them that they are, opposed to discovering it for themselves.