Kate Winslet Lost the Oscar Five Times but Ignored Any Pressure to Finally Win: ‘It’s Not a Weight on the Shoulders at All’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Kate Winslet says losing several Oscars never added pressure to her career to deliver an award-worthy performance.
Winslet was always a bridesmaid and never a bride at the Academy Awards for a large chunk of her career, earning five Oscar nominations over a decade and never winning the prize.
She finally landed her best actress statue in 2009 for “The Reader,” but even then she wasn’t feeling the pressure. During an interview on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, host Josh Horowitz asked if Winslet ever felt pressure to win the Oscar after missing out for so long.
As Winslet said: “Nominated a few times, never won.” “No, it’s not a weight on the shoulders at all,” Winslet answered. “I still today can’t believe I get to do this job and have this career and met some extraordinary people and still continue to learn.” Winslet stressed that the real career pressure she feels is to keep growing, which is why producing her latest project, “Lee,” was so rewarding. “Shit, I am actually producing,” she said. “I am funding stuff and keeping things going.
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