When Kate Winslet accepted her BAFTA award for Steve Jobs this weekend, we expected her to encourage the other actresses who were nominated in her category. After all, she made a similar gesture at the Golden Globes earlier this year.
It was later, while talking to the press, that Winslet shocked us: “When I was 14, I was told by a drama teacher that I might do OK if I was happy to settle for the fat girl parts.” Um, what?!
She continued, “So what I always feel in these moments is that any young woman who has ever been put down by a teacher, by a friend, by even parents, just don’t listen to any of it, because that’s what I did. I kept on going and I overcame my fears and got over my insecurities.”
Winslet continues to prove how amazing she is, and we’re so glad that she didn’t listen to her haters. If she had, she wouldn’t be empowering countless women today. We can’t wait to hear her sure-to-be fierce acceptance speech should she take home the Oscar this year.