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KATE WINSLET BECAME A MOVIE STAR
WITHOUT THE KIND OF BODY HOLLYWOOD CONSIDERS SEXY.
ALL HER LIFE, KATE HAS STRUGGLED WITH HER WEIGHT.
AND LIKE MOST PEOPLE,
THE STRUGGLE NEVER SEEMS TO END.
KATE APPEARED ON THE FEBRUARY 2003 COVER
OF BRITISH "GQ" MAGAZINE.
BUT WHEN SHE SAW THE PHOTO AND THE LAYOUT,
SHE WAS SURPRISED.
THOSE WEREN'T HER LEGS. THAT WASN'T HER BODY.
AND SUDDENLY SHE WAS BEING CALLED "KATE THINSLET."
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING ALL SORTS OF THINGS
IN BRITAIN.
FOR INSTANCE, "HOW COULD SHE HAVE AGREED
"TO HAVE HER BODY CHANGED FOR A MAGAZINE,
"WHEN SHE REPRESENTS NORMAL-SIZED,
"IF NOT OVERWEIGHT, WOMEN?
"PEOPLE CAN IDENTIFY WITH HER
"BECAUSE SHE HAS A WEIGHT PROBLEM,
"BECAUSE SHE'S NOT SILTH-LIKE AND SKINNY.
"SO HOW COULD SHE DO THIS?"
THE REAL KATE IS DETERMINED TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT.
YOU READ THINGS,
I DON'T KNOW REALLY HOW YOU FEEL
OR WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY,
SO HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT IT?
HERE'S THE DEAL WITH THE WHOLE "GQ" THING,
WHICH WAS BLOWN WAY OUT OF PROPORTION.
IT WAS A BIG DEAL JUST PERSONALLY FOR ME
TO DECIDE TO BE ON THE COVER OF "GQ"
BECAUSE IT'S A PARTICULAR PUBLICATION,
IT'S GEARED TOWARDS MEN,
AND OFTEN THEY TAKE VERY RACY PHOTOGRAPHS.
ESPECIALLY IN BRITAIN, THE BRITAIN VERSION.
THAT'S RIGHT, YEAH.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ACTUALLY A BIG DEAL
FOR ME TO SAY, "OKAY, I'LL DO IT."
AND THE PHOTOGRAPHER IS A WONDERFUL GUY,
JASON BELL, WHO IS A FRIEND OF MINE.
AND I SAID, "JASON, LET'S SEE IF THEY'LL
"LET YOU DO IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
"I WOULD JUST FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE."
'CAUSE I TRUST HIM AND SO ON.
SO JASON TOOK THE PHOTOGRAPHS,
AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME,
IT WAS A BLAST AND, YOU KNOW, YES,
I WAS STANDING THERE IN THE FISHNET STOCKINGS
AND THE LITTLE BUSTIER THINGS
AND WHATEVER,
BUT IT WAS JUST THE RIGHT SIDE OF RACY.
BUT YOU WERE COMFORTABLE,
AND THE POLAROIDS LOOKED GREAT.
YEAH, I REALLY WAS.
AND I WAS SO HAPPY,
AND HE WAS SHOWING ME THESE POLAROIDS,
AND I WAS GOING, "WOW, GOOD BIT OF LIGHTING"
AND WAS QUITE PLEASED WITH HOW MY LEGS LOOKED
AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW,
AS WOMEN WE JUST LOOK AT, YOU KNOW,
ALL THOSE LITTLE PARANOIAS
THAT WE NATURALLY HAVE.
SO I WAS HAPPY, I WAS SO HAPPY.
AND THEN SUDDENLY, THE MAGAZINE IS OUT,
AND THEY'RE NOT MY LEGS,
IT'S NOT THAT THEY AREN'T MY LEGS,
THEY'RE JUST DIGITALLY RETOUCHED,
YOU KNOW, QUITE A LOT.
THEY DOCTORED HER BODY.
THEY MADE HER LOOK THINNER
WHEN THERE WAS NO REAL REASON TO DO THAT
BECAUSE SHE'S ALREADY VERY SLIM.
SHE MIGHT NOT BE WAFER-THIN.
SHE MIGHT NOT BE CALISTA FLOCKHART.
BUT SHE'S CERTAINLY GOT A REALLY GORGEOUS,
SLIM, HEALTHY BODY.
SO TO MAKE IT LOOK THIN HOLLYWOOD-STYLE
WAS JUST NOT NECESSARY.
BUT SHE'S HANDLED IT REALLY WELL.
AND I THINK SHE'LL BE MUCH MORE CAREFUL IN FUTURE
IN THE WAY THAT SHE DEALS WITH MAGAZINES AND EDITORS.
I REALLY WASN'T UPSET BY IT
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BEING AN ACTRESS,
AND MODELS HAVE THE SAME THING,
MAGAZINES DO THIS.
IT'S JUST PART OF THEIR POLICY.
ALL OF THEM DO IT.
THE ONLY POINT I WANTED TO MAKE WAS
I WAS NOT UPSET WITH THE MAGAZINE
BECAUSE I ACCEPT THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.
HOWEVER, I HAD NOT
SUDDENLY LOST 30 POUNDS.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T LOOK LIKE THAT,
AND I ACTUALLY DON'T PARTICULARLY
WANT TO LOOK LIKE THAT.
AND THEN FOUND MYSELF GOING ON
TO MAKE ANOTHER POINT, WHICH IS THAT
THE MAJORITY OF THE WOMEN
WHO BUY PUBLICATIONS LIKE THAT ARE ON
THE KIND OF YOUNGER END OF THE SPECTRUM,
YOU KNOW, BETWEEN 16 TO MAYBE 25.
AND THAT'S THE TIME WHEN I THINK
WOMEN ARE VERY, VERY AWARE OF THEIR BODIES
AND INFLUENTIAL, REALLY INFLUENTIAL.
AND IT JUST SUDDENLY OCCURRED TO ME THAT
YOUNG WOMEN ARE LOOKING AT THESE PHOTOGRAPHS
AND GOING, "WOW,
"I WONDER HOW YOU GET A STOMACH LIKE THAT,
"I WONDER HOW YOU GET LEGS LIKE THAT,
"I WONDER HOW YOU DO THIS,
"I WONDER HOW CAN I MAKE MY CHEEKBONES
"LIKE THAT, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH."
AND THE THING IS THAT IT REALLY ISN'T REAL.
HAVE PEOPLE COME UP TO YOU
AND SAID THEY'RE HAPPY THAT
YOU SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT,
OR THAT YOU DID COME FORWARD?
WELL, YEAH, CERTAINLY
GIRLFRIENDS WOULD SAY TO ME, "GOOD ON YOU,
"I'M REALLY GLAD
"YOU JUST SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THAT."
YOU KNOW, I THINK THE THING WAS IS THAT--
THE PRESS SAY I WAS FURIOUS
AND OUTRAGED AND WHATEVER.
AND I REALLY WASN'T.
I JUST SORT OF THOUGHT,
OH, BLIMEY, THEY TOOK QUITE A LOT AWAY
FROM MY LEGS, THEN, DIDN'T THEY?
AND I GOT THE MAGAZINE COVER,
AND I GOT THE POLAROID, AND I WENT,
"YEAH, ABOUT A THIRD OFF, YEAH."
BUT I WAS KIND OF
LAUGHING ABOUT IT IN A WAY,
BUT I JUST FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT
TO MAKE SOME KIND OF POINT
THAT IT WASN'T REAL.
HOW DO YOU FEEL LOOKING AT YOURSELF
ON THE BIG SCREEN?
I CAN'T BARE IT. I CAN'T BARE IT.
I JUST GO, "OH, NO."
YOU KNOW, AND I GET PARANOID ABOUT THINGS
LIKE, YOU KNOW,
HOW MANY CHINS HAVE I GOT?
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND MY MOUTH ALWAYS LOOKS FUNNY TO ME.
I DON'T KNOW,
WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN LITTLE THINGS.
YOU'RE SO YOUNG STILL.
YOU HAVE SO MUCH OF A CAREER AHEAD OF YOU.
OH, GOD, LET'S HOPE SO.
NO!
IT MIGHT ALL GO OUT THE WINDOW TOMORROW.
YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT'S ALL GONNA GO OUT THE WINDOW TOMORROW.
ACTORS BASICALLY ARE PROFOUNDLY INSECURE
AND PARANOID HUMAN BEINGS.
SO THERE'S A PART OF ME THAT ALWAYS THINKS
IT'S JUST ALL GOING TO GO HORRIBLY WRONG
AND I'LL BE FOUND OUT AND I'M A FRAUD
AND ALL OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, DEEPLY
SELF-INDULGENT THINGS TO THINK.
BUT NEVERTHELESS, YOU KNOW,
I HAVE THOSE THOUGS.
I DON'T KNOW AN ACTOR, ACTUALLY,
THAT DOESN'T THINK THOSE THINGS.
I MEAN, JUST QUITE SERIOUSLY,
NO MATTER HOW SUCCESSFUL OR NOT
AN ACTOR MAY BE,
I STILL THINK THERE IS THAT FEELING OF
IT MAY ALL END TOMORROW, YOU KNOW?
THAT'S WHEN YOU CALL UP JIM CAMERON
AND SAY, "CAN WE DO A SEQUEL?
"IS THERE SOMETHING THERE? I THINK THAT--"
RAISE THE "TITANIC"
AND JUST COMPLETELY REWRITE HISTORY.
I DON'T THINK SO.
KATE HAS WRITTEN ENOUGH HISTORY ALREADY.
SHE'S THE YOUNGEST ACTRESS
TO BE NOMINATED FOR THREE OSCARS.
I HAVE TO SAY THERE IS
A LITTLE PART OF ME THAT GOES,
"THAT'S PRETTY COOL. ISN'T IT?"
THAT'S A PRETTY COOL THING
BUT ALSO SLIGHTLY ODD BECAUSE
THERE'S A PART OF ME THAT DOESN'T ENTIRELY UNDERSTAND
THE NOTION OF GIVING SOMEONE A PRIZE
FOR DOING THE THING THAT THEY LOVE.
I MEAN, THE ACADEMY AWARDS ARE AN EXTRAORDINARY EVENT,
AND EVERY TIME I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING,
I'VE JUST HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME,
AND HAVE FELT TRULY, TRULY HONORED TO BE THERE.
BUT ALSO THERE'S A PART OF ME THAT JUST THINKS,
HANG ON, I'M KATE FROM READING.
WHAT AM I DOING HERE?
BUT THEN MAYBE EVERYBODY FEELS LIKE THAT.
I REALLY DON'T KNOW.
BUT I JUST FEEL GRATEFUL TO HAVE WORKED WITH,
YOU KNOW, SUCH WONDERFUL ACTORS AND DIRECTORS,
WHO I KNOW HELPED ME TO RECEIVE THOSE NOMINATIONS.
I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY THE TRUTH, YOU KNOW,
I CERTAINLY DIDN'T DO THOSE THINGS BY MYSELF.
AND, AS I SAY, I'VE JUST BEEN SO BLESSED.
SHE ALWAYS DREAMED OF BEING A STAR.
NOW SHE REALLY IS THE BIGGEST NAME
IN BRITISH FILM.
SHE'S REMARKABLE,
AND SHE CONTINUES TO GROW
AND CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE HERSELF.
SHE TALKED TO YOU?
YOU GUYS MUST BE REALLY POWERFUL
'CAUSE I CAN'T GET A WORD OUT OF HER.
KEEP YOUR CHIN UP, KID.
CAN WE CUT OUT "WARM AND GOOEY" BY THE WAY?
SHE MAY SMACK ME.
SO, SO TERRIBLE.
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