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Winslet and Wilson at a New York Film Festival Press Conference
Q: How important to you are reviews of your work?
KW: I don't read any reviews, so I'm oblivious to what they have to say. I'm completely unaware. It's fantastic.
PW: To be honest, I've only done a few films that have been out. But one of the first things you learn is that the success of your movie is a process. You can't control when it comes out, how it comes out, or who's on the poster. That has nothing to do with what we do for a living.
KW: Absolutely.
PW: I am happiest and most "successful" while actually shooting the film, as opposed to theater, where you show up and boom, there's your audience and there's your reaction. With a film you have to wait a year or sometimes more before it's finally out. Of course the reactions of the viewers are all a part of it, but you can't gauge your success by what the critics have to say.
KW: Also, when you're an actor, you're so glad to be invited along for the ride. You're thrilled to be given these opportunities so your focus is just on doing the best possible job you can. The success of a film, that is, whether so and so likes it or not, is not in our hands. You can't pin all your hopes on being a success. That's when you really start to get screwed up. In order to maintain that fire for acting and capture its essence, you can't let yourself be concerned with what people have to say about you. You just can't.
Q: So what's next for you?
PW: I'm shooting a film called "Evening."
KW: I'm taking the year off.
Q: What do you want to do during your time off?
KW: I wish I could tell you. I was going to learn French or take singing lessons or do tap-dancing--they're all on my list. But the truth is I'm going to be on the school run, doing packed lunches. I'm very much looking forward to having time to think about nothing else but my kids.
Q: What about the struggle between working and having kids?
KW: Being a working parent--mother or father--is tough to juggle for anyone. It's exactly the same for me. You have to be very organized and manage your time well. You need time for yourself, time to prepare for work the next day, and also be there for bedtime and bath time and when they wake up in the morning. Those things are incredibly important to me--the most important things in my life. I have the balance going, and I have an amazing husband who helps with all those things. I'm very lucky.
Q: What do you think about doing these nude scenes at this point?
KW: Every time I do another one, I say, "This is it! No more! I've had two kids, and my body just can't keep up." I tell myself that this is ridiculous, that I have to stop, and then I end up doing it again.
Q: Were they hard to do--did they take any extra effort?
KW: It was hilarious. We focused extra hard in those scenes because we thought that those scenes were absolutely critical.
PW: When they're needed, they're right. it's not an issue.
KW: You go into it knowing that they're there in the back of your mind. Then suddenly that day comes along and you start to panic, but quite honestly, we laughed a lot. We had a lot of fun just trying to get it right.
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