I've decided I am going to start loving my backside because I don't know anyone who does that. And for my daughter, I want to be able to say to her, 'I love this.'
Interpretation
Embracing self-love and body positivity is crucial, especially as a role model for the next generation.
In this quote, Kate Winslet emphasizes the importance of self-acceptance and love, particularly regarding one's physical appearance. She recognizes that as a mother, it is vital to model a positive perspective about oneself to her daughter, fostering a healthy self-image that encourages loving oneself unconditionally.
In practice
Use this quote during a discussion on body image at a women's empowerment event.
As a child, I never heard one woman say to me, "I love my body". Not my mother, my elder sister, my best friend. No one woman has ever said, "I am so proud of my body." So I make sure to say it to Mia , because a positive physical outlook has to start at an early age.
What I am very, very moved and struck by is that so many people in the world are often living a life that they hadn't planned for themselves. And they wake up one day and say, 'Hang on. Who am I? Is this really me? Is this what I really wanted?' And also, 'Can I change it? Have I got the courage to change it?'
Real luxury is having the time to read endless stories in bed with my children. And I get that all the time. I'm so blessed.
If you're not still learning and growing as an actor, then you have no backbone and no career
I think there's a lot of pressure on young people to really be the thing that everyone is telling them that they are, opposed to discovering it for themselves.
It doesn't matter how old you are or what you do with your life, you will never stop needing your mum. And I will never stop needing mine, so thanks, Mum.
What the world really needs is more love and less paper work.
Wine enters through the mouth, Love, the eyes. I raise the glass to my mouth, I look at you, I sigh.
All of her heart, a meaningless phrase, but correct and precise, too. She used her heart to love him, not her head, and not her words and not her thoughts or ideas or feelings or any other vehicle or object or device people use to deliver love or love-like things.
Love is a form of prejudice. I have too many other prejudices.
I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.
If we do not know how to take care of ourselves and to love ourselves, we cannot take care of the people we love. Loving oneself is the foundation for loving another person.
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