Kate Winslet Quotes

Everybody wants to be perfect.

Actually, I can't imagine anything more tedious than a perfect person, especially if it was someone who also demanded perfection from me.

The deal is that I hold myself to an extremely high standard, and it's a standard that can never be... it's unattainable. But it drives me to be the very best in everything I do.

I am a self-critical perfectionist.

I know I have exacting standards.

I've always got such high expectations for myself. I'm aware of them, but I can't relax them.

People mistake their limitations for high standards.

I'm somewhat of a perfectionist, I think, and I strive for perfection.

You can criticize something you strive for, and you can avoid something you dream about.

You'll go insane if you try to have a picture-book house.

It's all about perfection, isn't it?

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.

It's not easy to work with me, I recognize that. It's not easy if those people aren't as perfectionistic as I am.

I don't believe in perfection. I don't think there is such a thing. But the energy of wanting things to be great is a perfectionist energy.

My dad was very critical and had very high expectations without a lot of the details filled in. It was, 'I expect you to achieve greatness in grades, in athletics, in whatever you do.'

I'm such a perfectionist. I want to do better and better.

There can be an extremist idea of purity. It's so easy to fall afoul of the ridiculously high standard set there.

I am a perfectionist. It has always been this way.

I want to be perfect at everything, knowing I'll never be perfect at it, but that's my goal.

I am a perfectionist, and I set high standards.

Perfect score... it should never happen! There is always room for improvement.

It's hard to be perfect, but that's something we try to strive for.

I have extremely high standards.

If I cannot be the best or operate at the best highest level, then I need to go away.

I don't think there's any such thing as perfection. But I'm a perfectionist. I don't believe in the idea of perfection, but I will strive to achieve it.