Kate Winslet - ‘I remember thinking: I do not want to be famous’

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sony Music

Society & Culture

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Look, I don’t like to brag but in case you hadn’t noticed, we’ve got Kate Winslet on How To Fail this week. ACTUAL KATE WINSLET! The one and only! And oh my goodness, what an incredible guest she is: acutely intelligent, funny and brilliantly forthright. We covered so much ground - from the media obsession with her body image, to her regret at giving up tap-dancing, her feelings of failure around not yet having directed, working with Emma Thompson and the time Woody Allen called her ‘a bad actress’...it’s *all* here. We talk about a career that started at the age of 17 in Heavenly Creatures and went on to encompass some of the biggest roles in the biggest movies of all time - Sense and Sensibility, Titanic, Iris, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and so much more. Along the way, Winslet has won an Academy Award, two Emmys, five Baftas, five Golden Globes and been awarded a CBE. Now, 48, Winslet’s titular role in Lee, the biopic of war photographer Lee Miller, also marks her first time as producer. It was a passion project she was determined to get made, although it took her eight long years to do so. And for anyone who wants to hear more about the filming of The Holiday and whether she and Leonardo di Caprio are still friends, then you *have* to tune into Failing With Friends, our subscriber episode, where Winslet spills all the beans. Have something to share of your own? I'd love to hear from you! Click here to get in touch: howtofailpod.com Production & Post Production Manager: Lily Hambly Studio and Mix Engineer: Gulliver Tickell and Josh Gibbs Producer: Hannah Talbot Executive Producer: Carly Maile Head of Marketing: Kieran Lancini How to Fail is an Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment Production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	When I'm about to write a new book, I like to prepare myself and my surroundings.
0:05.0	How do I do this, you ask? I go on a day trip to Bisto Village, which is only an hour outside London,
0:10.0	to grab some luxurious comfy clothes and items for my home. With over 150 fashion and lifestyle
0:17.2	boutiques, Bista Village offers great savings, up to 40% of the original retail price all year round. I love picking up some new
0:26.4	bedding for a really good night's sleep from the white company, gorgeous candles
0:30.6	and diffusers to calm my environment from Neom and even some new tea mugs because listen you need fuel
0:37.3	thanks very much Emma Bridgewater and for comfort I love a new pair of leggings from Lulu lemon and even a comfy pair of
0:44.2	ugs. I also like to stop for a spot of lunch when I'm there at restaurants such
0:49.2	as Chaconis or Latua pasta and Bista Village is nestled in tranquil Oxford countryside, easy to get to by train or with free parking, so I can have a chilled day out and charge up my batteries before embarking on some serious work.
1:04.6	Treat yourself at Bist of Village.
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1:12.0	This episode is sponsored by Lily's kitchen, makers of proper food for pets.
1:17.8	I believe pets are family. I certainly feel like that with my cat Huxley, so I want to feed him the best of the best.
1:25.6	Besides, he really wouldn't let me get away with anything less.
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1:50.0	Huxley has a particular pinchen for the chicken tasty cuts in gravy for breakfast, which is
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