Kate Winslet: Why I'm the "Hypocrite of the Decade"
Kate Winslet's words have come back to haunt her.
The 35-year-old actress, who has often bared all on film, tells the September issue of V Magazine that she regrets once vowing to stop doing nude scenes.
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"It definitely makes me the hypocrite of the decade," she says. "I'm just going to stop saying it."
Winslet's most recent nude scenes were in the Emmy-nominated miniseries Mildred Pierce, and despite having exposed herself on camera before, the actress was just as nervous.
"I hate it! Listen, make no mistake, I just get on it. I just go in and say 'Oh f---' let's do it,' and boom!" Winslet tells V Magazine. "If you complain about it or procrastinate it's not going to go away. It's a profoundly bizarre thing to do."
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"As actors you talk about it all the time," she continues. "You can literally be tangled in sheets, and you turn to the other actor and say, 'What the f--- are we doing?' Dear Mum, at work today I had so-and-so's left nut sack pressed against my cheek. It's sort of unethical if you think about it in those terms."
The Contagion actress adds that she hopes to always be inspired by future projects. "I hope I am s---ting myself over the characters I play for the rest of my life, because the day I go, 'Oh yeah, that's going to be a piece of pie', why f--ing bother? If you do that, you do not learn."
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"I hope I'm always learning something. 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," Winslet says of her 2008 Academy Award for Best Actress in The Reader. "It nearly killed me. I am really proud of the film. That's it, moving on."
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14Ah! But nobody wants to see Jodie Foster nude! But Kate...well....
"She just wants to play her characters realistically. All women get naked. Pretty much everyday. They have sex, too." They go to the bathroom every day, too - so should Kate start doing that routinely onscreen? In my opinion, she's "overexposed". By contrast, look at possibly the greatest actress of her generation, Jodie Foster, who has managed a stellar career without including gratuitous nude scenes.
yeah she needs to quit doing all those nude scenes in her movies. They're not even necessary.
I'm sure that Kate doesn't feel the need to prove anything. She just wants to play her characters realistically. All women get naked. Pretty much everyday. They have sex, too. That's how real life is. She's comfortable with herself. That's a quality most women don't have. Basically, YOU GO GIRL!
I think she is beautiful, nude or not. And what does having children have to do with playing nude scenes. My kids have seen me nude in my own house, I'm their mother for goodness sake. You know where kids come from, right?
i don't mind seeing her nude, the girl is Gorgeous!
Just watched the previews for Contagion about 5 minutes ago, and I have washed my hands 13 times since then!!!
BUT! I am defenitely going to see Contagion tomorrow it comes out in theatres tomorrow in my area!
@Filomena: Your jaw is huge.
Filomena, it's spelled DEFINITELY.
I mean, I love her, I think she is an exceptional actress, but she doesn't have to take her clothes off in a movie to prove her acting skills.
Besides, you have 2 kids Kate, I am sure you don't want your kids watching one of your movies someday and seeing you naked on the big screen. I defenitely think women who have kids should avoid movies where there are nude scenes involved. Being nude in a film doesn't give an actress more credibility as an actress- nor does it neccessarily make her more marketable or popular, sometimes it actually has the opposite affect. And I defenitely think that quality movies don't have to include an actress taking her clothes off, or an actor for that matter. I think that when an actor or actress has kids, they really need to think "OK, how is this movie I am in where I am totally nude going to impact or affect my kids in the future?"
Besides, you have 2 kids Kate, I am sure you don't want your kids watching one of your movies someday and seeing you naked on the big screen. I defenitely think women who have kids should avoid movies where there are nude scenes involved. Being nude in a film doesn't give an actress more credibility as an actress- nor does it neccessarily make her more marketable or popular, sometimes it actually has the opposite affect. And I defenitely think that quality movies don't have to include an actress taking her clothes off, or an actor for that matter. I think that when an actor or actress has kids, they really need to think "OK, how is this movie I am in where I am totally nude going to impact or affect my kids in the future?"
Listen Kate, you are a good actress and all - but please spare the public from seeing you naked , yet again! I mean, you gotta leave something to the imagination ya know, and besides, I saw that movie "The Reader" which is DEFENITELY why you should keep your clothes on.