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Kate Winslet has described being shamed over her appearance as a young actor by schoolmates and teachers.<\/p>\n
The actor, whose directorial debut film Goodbye June was released this month, recalled being told by a drama teacher that she would have to settle for \u201cfat girl parts\u201d.<\/p>\n
Winslet said she was set on acting from a young age, inspired by black-and-white photographs of her grandparents performing on stage, but she often played supporting roles.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I didn\u2019t care about that, I didn\u2019t aspire to play leading roles, really ever,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut also because I was a little bit stocky, when I did start taking it much more seriously and got a child agent I really remember vividly a drama teacher \u2026 and she said to me, \u2018Well, darling, you\u2019ll have a career if you\u2019re ready to settle for the fat girl parts.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cLook at me now,\u201d she added. \u201cIt\u2019s appalling the things people say to children.\u201d<\/p>\n
Winslet told BBC Radio 4\u2019s Desert Island Discs she was teased at school for her size, called \u201cblubber\u201d and locked in the art cupboard.<\/p>\n
\u201cI learned to have a pretty thick skin pretty early on,\u201d said Winslet, who left school at 16, around the time she got her first film role in Peter Jackson\u2019s 1994 film Heavenly Creatures.<\/p>\n
She said the experience led to her later developing issues about her body, including on-and-off diets from the age of 15 to 19. At 19, she said she was barely eating, and described the period as unhealthy and one she regretted.<\/p>\n
At the time of the bullying, she said she threw herself into her acting and creative world beyond school. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t let them spoil a trajectory that I was determined I was on,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd at least I had a lovely family to go home to.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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