our first guest there recently received an Academy Award nomination for her starring role in in
Titanic it's like the biggest anything the biggest movie it's just like the biggest everything
the most successful motion picture of all time here she is a lovely and talented Kate Winslet
sure nice this is a nice thing for any actor but it's really really nice and you're just a
kid you're like 21 or something like that I'm 22. 22 years old your second Academy Award nomination
yes and and like the the biggest picture ever likely you know in our lifetime so it's it's
it's extraordinary really I mean you know part of me thinks God how do I relate to this how
am I supposed to understand this right some it is so huge and so sort of unexpected and
things but uh I'm kind of I'm kind of going with the flow of it because you know it was
well you should it was hard work and you should enjoy this you should enjoy this and everything
it affords because stuff like this don't come along every day no I know that you know life
is not a dress rehearsal and it's interesting you wonder sometimes is this uh provides the
opportunity for a perspective uh that maybe you wouldn't have had before because everybody on the
film worked as hard as they could and did the best job they could that's still no guarantee
that it would have been a success at all I know it's true and and you know as an actor
you never really think ahead you never think about you know Academy Award nominations for
example it's always about you know there and then what's happening each day and doing the
job the job as well as you possibly can and uh and so so you're absolutely right there is of
course no guarantee in the beginning the the film costs like a billion dollars right it was
huge it was like a billion and and everybody was saying what a bomb what a mistake what a waste
of money and now it just turned completely the other way it's good isn't it yeah how many times
how many times how many times did they sink the boat you know okay we're gonna have to
do it again Raise the Titanic we're gonna try it again this lowering and raising in
this little lower the [ __ ] and then it's action and then all these extras would run
up and down everywhere and I would just stand what do I do what do I do and then
suddenly Leo's dragging me up the deck and but uh it was um it was it was sunk and
raised and sunk and raised many many times what's the deal on that Leo what's his deal
what's going on there what's happening with that guy what's the story there what's that
what kind of a story is he you know is it regular guy is he is he is he nice is he snotty he Leo is
one of my best friends he always will be yeah well that's great we had a it was a friendship
and uh nothing more than that and well I'm not you know now there you go there you go
what he's always asking me okay listen Leo is beautiful he is absolutely beautiful and I have
to say he's more beautiful he is more beautiful in the flesh but he's uh he's just a friend and he's
a regular guy he's normal he's he's a homeboy and uh I'm sorry he's a homeboy he's a homeboy yeah
maybe I'm thinking of the wrong guy
he's a normal guy he loves being at home
sorry the whole body the whole body yeah let me let me just uh we'll try
this one more time and then we'll go on to other things uh right if
you really were on a boat that was going down would you rather be with Leo or or me
because I'm older I'm smarter I'm cool in the face of adversity I'm I'm good with my hands
I can make stuff up you know I I you know maybe think about it answer now we need to
talk I'm talking about just in terms of an emergency who do you want to be
with in terms of an emergency I want to be with number one I'll tell you
I don't want to be going down on any sinking [ __ ] of course not
now I'm afraid I would be a I'd probably be it taking care of myself actually
you have to have new experiences in life let me put it to you another way
you buy a new house who do you want building your deck Leo or Bob Vila
barbella exactly or Norm so now you've been through this before this is your second Academy
Award nomination how do you feel about this I mean having done it now twice you know what to expect
you could win so you gotta have something to say or you might not win and in in either case you
kind of prepare yourself for it well you do I mean I I'm already mentally thinking oh God I better
think of something to say just in case that did happen I mean apart from the fact that I really
don't think that it is it'll be great to be there it's so fantastic it is um myself Helena Bonham
Carter uh Helena Bonham Carter and she's wonderful oh my goodness I'd build her a deck any day
and there's Julie Christie did I say her already Judy turn on the bottom
Carter Julie Christie and Helen Hunter it's pretty good company isn't it it's
amazing I mean so how many of those women are British four of them wow so for me I'm
sort of going hang on I'm 22. this isn't these are people who I've who I've been
admiring for the last at least 10 years of my life what am I doing or what's happening it's
um it's a bizarre bizarre feeling but uh I'm just I'm just so thrilled that I can I can go
along and be a part of representing well if you if you do win the award and and well deserved
but you want me to thank you don't you well could you would it kill you you can work it in somehow
thanks and thanks to Dave Letterman for the beautiful new deck
um but uh I mean then it's the the fairy tale is complete then isn't it with this whole Titanic
and stuff and then you win the Academy Award and you're 22. that's a great story well yeah
it would be uh it's hard to talk about it because I don't know I mean you never think about prizes
and and that's all I think about is prizes prizes I like shiny objects you did a great job and you
were did a great job here I hope you come back and and good luck the Academy Award is just
like three weeks away something like that three weeks away and I shall go along with my mum and
dad well that'll be very nice fun night I hope you have a lovely evening thank you thank you