Kate Winslet Quotes

Acting's not my whole life. My children definitely come first.

Soap opera wouldn't be my first choice, but at this point in my life, I would consider a soap. It would allow me to act and still do other things with my life.

I get offered to do stuff where the money's nice but it's not something I want to do - I get offered a lot of commercials too.

Because I don't do five films a year, people maybe think that acting is not essential to my life. But if I worked any more than I do, I'd have no personal life.

My public life was so demanding that I wasn't doing the things that I deemed the most important.

For me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous.

I'm starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and friends. My priorities aren't amending; they're shifting.

As wonderful as being on stage is, family comes first.

The reason I haven't had kids yet is because I was so focused on my acting career, hoping I could get something to break.

I'm not one of those actors who needs the media spotlight all the time to feel gratified. I'm happy to do one project a year and take the rest of the year off as long as that project is special.

My agent was ambitious for me. But going out and chasing it? No, I'd rather work in my vegetable garden or play with my kid. I guess I'm kind of boring.

You reach a point when you say to yourself, 'Do I want to keep doing this?' There are other things on my plate I want to do - I've been writing a play; I've been neglecting my standup.

It's a rare moment when we take a break from the tribulations of the daily rat race to reflect on assumptions and values that we casually accept as gospel.

I can totally understand why people say: 'I'm going to do this T.V. series so that I can buy a flat'. But you've got to see what's of value to you as an actor.

Life is more important than work.

My mom always worked, and I certainly don't want to look back and think, 'Well, I don't have kids, but I'm glad I did that sitcom.'

I don't think my parents would have let me go straight into acting full time when I was 12. I do like to have balance, naturally, as an individual.

I tried to really look at what's best for my career, what's best for my life, what's best for my family, for me.

I thought I might not want to act any more after having a baby. It turns out I still enjoy it.

More than anything, I just think about what roles I take on and make sure that it's really something that I feel passionate about if I'm going to leave home and go work.

There was a time when I wanted to be a lawyer, or even a professional triathlete... But nothing could come close to the passion I have for acting.

You have to decide what's important to you. For instance, myself, I mean, I lead a very, very straight-edge sort of lifestyle on the road.

I simply don't want to enter the rat race. I like doing movies because I like acting and not because I want to reach the top.

I have to give importance to my personal life, my family, parents, and sisters. I hope I can strike the right balance.

I turn down really well-paid shows all over the world because I want to spend more time with my wife and myself.