Kate Winslet reveals the explicit four-word life advice she swears by

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Kate Winslet has shared the life advice she swears by.

The 50-year-old filmmaker was at the Paris Theater in New York City on Thursday for a question-and-answer session about her film, Goodbye June.

‘What was your best director note for you, the actor, playing Julia?’ she was asked at one point.

The star simply said, ‘Don’t mess it up,’ which made everyone laugh. She then jokingly added that it’s a reminder she often gives herself.

The drama, written by her 21-year-old son Joe Anders, marks Winslet’s directorial debut.

The movie first came out in select cinemas on December 12th, and will be available to stream on Netflix starting December 24th.

The film follows four siblings gathering together to support their mother as her health declines. 

Helen Mirren stars as June, with Timothy Spall playing her husband, Bernie. Toni Collette, Andrea Riseborough, and Johnny Flynn appear as their children.

Working on the project stirred up emotions for Kate Winslet, reminding her of her mother, Sally Bridges-Winslet, who passed away from ovarian cancer in 2017.

She told the Daily Mail she was deeply saddened by having to move her mother, Bridges-Winslet, to a private hospital room near the end of her life, as her mother always preferred receiving care through the UK’s National Health Service.

She admitted that after her mother passed away, she was cared for in a private hospital room. Everyone in the family felt uneasy about the situation, and it caused a lot of internal conflict.

I’m finally talking about this because I haven’t mentioned it before. Throughout her cancer treatment, she received care through the National Health Service. However, near the end, an emergency arose, and the only available hospital bed was in a private ward.

‘We all felt really upset for her, because she was so adamant she wanted NHS all the way.’ 

Inspired by his grandmother’s passing, Anders penned the script during a screenwriting course.

In a recent interview on Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place podcast, the Academy Award-winning actress shared that even though it’s been almost ten years since her mother passed away, it still feels incredibly recent, like it happened ‘yesterday.’

While filming her role as Julia, June’s daughter, she found it difficult to stop thinking about her own mother.

The experience wasn’t exactly healing, but some days while filming, I strongly felt like I was revisiting the pain of losing my own mother, even though the story wasn’t real. I found myself oddly trying to subtly disappear into the role, almost as a way to cope.

During the more personal scenes, like those with Helen Mirren and Tim Spall, I’d quietly sit in the room and hide behind Max, our wonderful focus puller. I’d sit with him, watching the monitor and quietly crying into his back.

Kate Winslet described Max as a comforting presence when she struggled to separate her personal feelings from her role as Julia.

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2025-12-13 18:19