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Kate Winslet was at London's May Fair Hotel for a special screening of her new Australian film The Dressmaker on Wednesday 11 November. Speaking to HELLO!'s Michelle Johnson and Donna Hardisty, the 40-year-old actress reflected on how her life has changed in the years since she starred in TITANIC with birthday boy Leonardo DiCaprio, how she loves to play vulnerable women as much as strong characters, and tells us why her new film - which also stars the Hunger Games' Liam Hemsworth - is so surprising!
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00:04In terms of career, you know, I'd say that everything changed really after Titanic and in really great ways.
00:12You know, freedom of choice, that was the main thing, to be honest with you.
00:15And now that I have children, that has actually been the most extraordinary thing that did come out of the
00:20success of that film.
00:23And, you know, it definitely, I think, taught me how to remain instinctive and true to myself when it came
00:30to choices.
00:32Because it would have been one thing to get swept up in the wave of that film and to have
00:37done everything under the sun.
00:38But I didn't do that.
00:40You know, I tried very hard to be true to myself and to actually do the things that I thought
00:46would be challenging for me so that I could continue to learn and to grow as an actor.
00:50Because I wasn't ready to really be thrust into the spotlight in that way, I think, because I was only
00:5621.
00:58And, you know, luckily for me, you know, I was able to retain that sense of steadiness and determination.
01:06And, you know, I think it's worked.
01:17Myrtle Dunwich.
01:18You grew up.
01:19You got old.
01:21Myrtle Dunwich is back.
01:23I haven't seen her since she was a kid.
01:25Well, now she turned out.
01:26And you've spoken very passionately about body image in Hollywood and really affects children your daughter's age.
01:31Is that something that you look at when you're looking at film roles as well?
01:35Do you kind of go for parts that represent women in a certain way or a strong way?
01:39I don't particularly set out to find those types of roles.
01:42And actually, sometimes it's really interesting to play vulnerable women.
01:45You know, we all have the capacity to be vulnerable.
01:46And that's a very important human emotion as well.
01:49I just honestly set out to be truthful, truthful to the roles that I'm asked to play.
01:53And even in something like The Dressmaker, which is a comedy, you know, it was very important to stick to
01:58the truth of the characters and who they were.
02:00And it's the circumstances that they're in that are amusing, not necessarily always the things that are coming out of
02:05their mouths.
02:05So, yeah.
02:07I reckon you came home for one of two things.
02:09Revenge or me.
02:12Gertrude Pratt.
02:13The dance is Saturday night.
02:14A dress can't change anything.
02:16Watch and learn, Gertrude.
02:17Watch and learn.
02:20I can make you the most striking girl in the room.
02:23It's called The Dressmaker.
02:24And actually, I almost wish, in a way, it was called something else.
02:29Because The Dressmaker does not imply huge comedy.
02:32It does not imply unexpected tragedy.
02:35And it's all of those things.
02:37It's got a kind of a tone that is more in the world of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, as
02:42opposed to any classical period film.
02:44So, yeah, go and be surprised.
02:50Stunning.
02:51You can transform people.
02:54Use it.
02:55Kill it on itch.
02:57I remember that day.
02:59She saw the whole thing.
03:01She murdered him.
03:02She's cursed.
03:03I didn't do it.
03:04It's just a pack of lies.
03:08They'll never forgive me for that boy's death.
03:10You're wasted here.
03:14Stop it, Jar Jar.
03:15With what?
03:16Sitting?
03:21Why didn't you tell me?
03:25You don't scam me, Tilly Dunnage.
03:29Tilly Dunnage, you've enriched my life.
03:33I reckon you can make some bloke pretty happy.
03:35Bye.
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