Kate Winslet is appalled at the double zero size obsession in Hollywood. Despite media disapproval of her lack of conformity, Winslet says she’s keeping her curvacious body. The ethereal Titanic actress spoke of her decision:

“I don’t really remember sitting down and eating packets and packets of [cookies]. But at that time I remember making a conscious decision about the whole skinny thing. Being a normal shape – and I hate to sound like a cracked record – is really, really important to me. Especially now, when I think it’s pretty out of control in the industry and kind of terrifying.”

Winslet has decided also to year-long sabbatical from acting to spend time with her family, a decision she made after portraying a disconnected mother in her latest film, Little Children:

“It was very trying to play a mother who basically couldn’t feel close to or look after the needs of her child. It was disturbing to put myself into that woman’s head and it made me all the more aware of my own responsibilities as a mother.”

It’s so rare these days to encounter an actress with her common sense intact, and I echo her sentiments. Below are pictures of Kate looking gorgeous and glamourous at the London premiere of Little Children.