Kate Winslet (Extended) | Face Value

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Podcast Summary: The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Episode: Kate Winslet (Extended) | Face Value

Date: December 12, 2025
Guest: Kate Winslet
Main Theme: A heartfelt and often hilarious conversation with Kate Winslet, who discusses her holiday traditions, her debut as a film director with her son’s script, working with Helen Mirren, and fond memories from Sense and Sensibility. Includes signature Colbert political satire and a peek at Winslet’s life and career.

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Late Show Pod Show blends Colbert’s sharp political satire with a warm, genuine, and frequently funny interview with Kate Winslet. The conversation delves into holiday preparations, the joys and challenges of family filmmaking, working with legendary actors, and revisiting Winslet’s early career—all while maintaining the playful and affectionate rapport fans love.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Political Satire & Opening Monologue (03:00–13:00)

• Trump’s Hand in All Things

  • Colbert opens with his trademark political humor, riffing on Donald Trump’s latest schemes, including the fictional "Trump Gold Card" for wealthy immigrants and his face replacing landmarks on park passes and coins.
  • Memorable banter about Trump’s excessive branding:
    “This is a major update to the passes, which used to feature, like, a cool lizard or a glorious pink bird or a stunning canyon or this beautiful mountain. Ah, put them away.” (04:22)

• AI in Advertising

  • Colbert jokes about AI product placement in TV, poking fun at how intrusive and seamless ad integration has become in entertainment.

2. Kate Winslet Joins: Holiday Traditions & Banter (14:46–19:40)

• Holiday Prep in the UK

  • Kate shares her uniquely British holiday tree selection experience, involving FaceTime calls with friends to “size” the tree using people for scale.
    “His wife, Rachel, she's little, so she'll just do the size. Then he's making his poor wife stand for scale.” (16:00)

• Debate: Christmas Tree Lights—Top Down or Bottom Up?

  • A lively, comedic argument ensues about the “right” way to string lights on a Christmas tree.
    • Kate: “I actually start from the bottom.” (17:48)
    • Stephen: “That’s wrong. That is wrong.” (17:50)
    • Kate’s logic: “Because it's closest to the plug socket, Stephen. And they go in the direction.” (17:53)
  • Both agree decorating can be a battle, with Kate confessing to being “very territorial” about the process.

• Nitpicky Tree Perfection

  • Kate’s obsession with light reflections off baubles delivers a relatable glimpse into her personality:
    “I try and drag the fairy light and position it so that it's reflecting a bit off the golden baubles...I move the light to the bauble, not the bauble to the light.” (19:26)

3. Filmmaking & Family: Kate Winslet on Directing ‘Goodbye June’ (19:40–25:01)

• How the Film Came to Be

  • Winslet reveals the film is a true family affair: her son, Joe, wrote the screenplay as a college project at age 19—Kate instantly decided it needed to be a movie. “I read it, and...I said, well, you've written a movie and we're gonna make it.” (20:08)

• On Directing for the First Time

  • Initial plans to just act and produce turned into Kate directing the film out of passion for the story and her son’s work:
    “I realized, oh, I think I'm supposed to be directing this, and we can't let it go. And so I did.” (21:27)

• Synopsis: Goodbye June

  • A British family drama set at Christmas, blending humor with pathos, focusing on grown siblings coming together as their mother nears the end of her life.
    “It's funny and it's touching...much more a story about life...and family and love.” (22:17)

• Dream Cast

  • Helen Mirren (June, the matriarch), Timothy Spall, Toni Collette, Andrea Riseborough—and Winslet herself.

• Notable Clip Discussion

  • Winslet introduces a touching scene:
    Kate: “Maybe if I'm lucky I'll come back as snow and then I'll see you all at Christmas.” (23:13)

4. Directing Legends & On-Set Innovations (24:09–28:28)

• Working with Helen Mirren

  • Winslet admits she found directing Mirren manageable, thanks to their similar styles preferring practicality over fuss:
    “She just needed practical noise, that's all she wanted.” (24:09)
  • On overcoming nerves:
    “What is the one thing I do not have time for? And that was fear. So I just thought, I gotta leave that at the door, put my big girl undies on and get on with it.” (24:15)

• Innovations on Set

  • Kate changed the usually cluttered film set, hiding mics and cameras for authentic performances:
    “All the sound was captured in a very sort of hidden way...the space was empty or I had locked off cameras with crew leaving the room.” (27:33)

• Do It Again?

  • “I so want to do it again. I never wanted it to finish. It was just a complete joy.” (28:30)

5. Kate Winslet on Early Career: Sense and Sensibility (29:02–29:57)

• 30th Anniversary Reflections
  • Winslet, age 19 at the time, remembers feeling honored but intimidated by the company of titans like Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson.
    “Emma Thompson...really wanted to take care of me. And we did quite a few of these types of dinners...it was her trying to put me at my ease in a space with all these utterly terrifying actors.” (29:20)
  • On acting with Alan Rickman:
    “He was very easy to fall in love with, let me tell you.” (29:57)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Directing Fearlessly:
  “Put my big girl undies on and get on with it.” – Kate Winslet (24:15)
• On Family Collaboration:
  “You’ve written a movie and we’re gonna make it.” – Kate Winslet, to her son (20:08)
• On Tree Decorating:
  “You do not have enough slightly. Always get injured putting up trees.” – Kate Winslet (17:25)
• On Creating a Relaxed Set:
  “It meant that the space was empty or I had locked off cameras with crew leaving the room and just having the actors be entirely alone in those spaces.” – Kate Winslet (27:33)
• On Young Kate at Dinner:
  “I sort of look like all three of my children squished into one little face.” – Kate Winslet (29:20)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 03:00–13:00: Colbert’s monologue/political satire & AI ad jokes
• 14:46–19:40: Winslet & Colbert holiday traditions, Christmas tree debate
• 19:40–25:01: Goodbye June: film origins, family collaboration, synopsis, working with Helen Mirren
• 25:01–28:44: Winslet’s directorial philosophy and on-set changes
• 29:02–29:57: Retrospective: Sense and Sensibility memories

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Tone & Atmosphere

• Playful, warm, and witty with moments of genuine affection and gratitude.
• Mix of cheeky humor (Colbert’s monologue and tree debate) and emotional candor (Winslet on family, filmmaking, and early career).
• A sense of celebration of Kate Winslet’s evolving career and personal journey, with both host and guest sharing admiration and laughter.

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Recommended for:
Anyone interested in the intersection of comedy, film, creativity, and authentic celebrity storytelling—especially fans of Kate Winslet or those curious about the making of Goodbye June.

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Transcript

[Stephen Colbert]

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[Kate Winslet]

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[Kate Winslet]

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[Stephen Colbert]

Welcome one and all. In here, out there, all around the world, Mr. And Mrs. America and all the ships at sea. To the late show. I'm your host, Stephen Colbert. You know, it's deep into December. He's making a list, checking it twice, then handing that list to the people at ice. Donald Trump ruins everything he touches. And lately he has been. Lately he's been pretty handsy slapping his face on anything inside. Yesterday, just yesterday, yesterday he launched his long promised pay to play visa program for rich foreigners. The Trump Gold Card. Here's how it works. You pay a million bucks and in exchange you get this. Okay, pretty awful. Look, I just want to. I just want a quick message here to rich immigrants before you pony up. Have you considered Canada? You know, you know they have Katy Perry now. We used to have her. Now they have her. Yesterday, Trump debuted the Gold Card application website. Check it out. Okay, There's a beautiful mountain vista. Then you scroll down and Ah. Make them go away. There you go. Now, don't ever scare me like that again. Now, besides the obvious virtue of letting rich people get things before mere humans, this card is supposed to squeeze cash out of businesses who want to hire skilled foreign workers. To do that, businesses will have to pay $2 million, plus a 1% annual maintenance fee of $20,000, plus a transfer fee. That's a lot of fees. But if you sign up for the Trump Gold Card, you also get two free nights at a hotel of your choice, as long as it's the Tampa Marriott. Bonvoy. But don't worry. All Gold Card members will be screened. Or as Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick put it, the best vetting the government has ever done. $15,000 vetting to make sure these people absolutely qualified to be an American. That's important. You gotta prove you're qualified to be an American. Question 1. How many hamburgers would you eat for a free T shirt? It's a question we all have to face someday. The Visa system is not the only place Trump's been sticking his kisser. His face will also replace images of national parks on annual park passes. I agree.

[Kate Winslet]

I agree.

[Stephen Colbert]

This is a major update to the passes, which used to feature, like, a cool lizard or a glorious pink bird or a stunning canyon or this beautiful mountain. Ah, put them away. All those we replaced with the new card featuring our first and possibly last presidents. That. That really. That really looks like the world's weirdest buddy comedy. I cannot tell a lie. I got us both covered, George. Got a little something there. Pull that up a little faster. There you go. There you go. But there may be a way to stop this update, actually, because folks are suing over the Trump park pass because there's a law detailing exactly how the images are supposed to be chosen, and this isn't it. The plaintiffs say blotting out the majesty of America's national parks with a close up of his own face is Trump's crassest, most ego driven action yet. And that quote is from the man who runs the nonprofit who is suing over the change, Kieran Suckling. Since Mr. Suckling is the good guy here, I will not be making a joke about his last name, even though growing up with it must have totally sucklinged. You might remember.

[Commercial Announcer]

Thank you.

[Stephen Colbert]

You might remember, and I don't care if you do. Earlier this year, Trump also unveiled the design for a $1 coin featuring his own face. Twice. Well, now he's messing with more of your money, because the Trump administration Has scrapped plans to mint quarters to honor women's suffrage, the civil rights movement and the abolition of slavery. Nobody tell him the guy on the penny freed the slaves or he'll stop making those too. They what? They're also minting new coins for America's 250th birthday, including changing George Washington's head on the quarter. It'll go from the classic Washington to this update. Ooh, he looks pissed. I believe that captures the moment they told him he was going to be on a park pass with.

[Kate Winslet]

On the.

[Stephen Colbert]

It's callback. We got the mountain callback. We got that callback. On the tail side of that particular version, they put a Revolutionary War soldier. No, you fools. The third amendment of the Constitution is we shall quarter no soldiers. What else has been happening? Can we do some research? That might be the only third amendment joke ever on a late night talk show. And last and last, Let's see what else has been happening around the world. I'm sorry, sir, you had something you wanted to say? As you probably know, we've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela. I did not know that. Thank you. And I'm just curious, what happens to the oil on that tanker? Well, we keep it. I guess. You're not supposed to say the quiet part out loud. Ixnay on the ealing. Stay. Okay, sir, Sir, I believe you meant to say we're bringing democracy to the tanker as part of Operation Enduring Gas Pump. Now, there's a reason they did this. One imagines. But whatever it is, Venezuelan authorities condemned the seizure as an act of piracy. Well, I have to admit, Trump would make a great pirate. I just want to say. I just want to say.

[Kate Winslet]

Arrr.

[Stephen Colbert]

A lot of people, I'm hearing. A lot of people, a lot of people, a lot of people are saying ARR. My first mate came up to me. Big guy, strong guy, hook for a hand, peg leg, parrot on his shoulder. Parrot says, polly, I want a cracker. I said, no Polly. Crackers for the captain. My shivers be timbering and you heard of Captain Hook. I'm Captain Hooker. Thank you, thank you. I got something, I got something, I got. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your attention to this matter. So we're back, baby. We peaked. We got there, we got there. How far in? Okay, so what's the administration's rationale here? Well, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi, this tanker is part of an illicit oil shipping network supporting foreign terrorist organizations and it has repeatedly hid its actual location. Known as a spoof ship, it is the most dangerous terrorist spoof ship since the US Seized the tanker. Weird. Al Qaeda. Trump's war on immigrants isn't going as cruelly as he had hoped. Despite ICE's unprecedented brutality over the last 10 months, Trump's mass deportation keeps missing all of its quotas. In fact, in 2024, Joe Biden oversaw 685,000 deportations, while Trump is on pace to deport only 600,000 people. I beat you to immigration, Jack. Gotcha. Right, Right. Look, I thought, I thought. I thought that was your whole thing. Who's old and confused now? Both of us. Jill. Jill, baby. Jill. Jill. Jill. Sorry, buddy. Sorry, buddy. Watch where you're going. Watch where you're going, buddy. There you go. What's up? How's it going? How's it going? What's up? Jail. That's an easy one. There's one thing Donald Trump won't see his face on anytime soon. That's Time magazine, because they just announced their Person of the Year, and it isn't him. Instead, it's the other thing that's going to kill us all. The architects of AI that cover photo there is inspired by a famous photo of ironworkers having lunch on a steel beam of a skyscraper. There's one slight difference. This time, you're rooting for the wind. But Time magazine is right. Time magazine is very right. AI is affecting every part of our lives. For instance, a group of AI engineers say they've made a tool that dynamically weaves AI generated ads into the scenes you're watching, so breaks feel like part of the story instead of interruptions. Well, let's see this modern marvel of product placement in action. Here's an actual clip from the show, Suits, wherein an AI ad is seamlessly inserted. See if you can spot it. Jessica, what are you doing here?

[Kate Winslet]

Get in.

[Stephen Colbert]

I was just so natural. So natural. I barely notice the product placement. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Who? Who and how? Who put this in my hand? Louis, Looking good. Somebody dressed up for the Christmas party. Of course. Why am I surprised? This kind of product integration has been happening for years. Who can forget this powerful scene from the Lord of the Rings?

[Kate Winslet]

You have my sword.

[Stephen Colbert]

And you have my bow. And my Skyrizi. We got a great show for you tonight.

[Kate Winslet]

Coming up. Kate Winslet.

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[Stephen Colbert]

Indeed. Welcome back ladies and gentlemen, Ladies and gentlemen, my first guest is an Academy Award winning actress, you know, from Titanic, Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind and mayor of Easttown. Please welcome back to the Late Show, Kate Winslet. Isn't that nice? Hey, kiddo, you see.

[Kate Winslet]

This? This show just gets better and.

[Stephen Colbert]

Better. That's right. When Kate Winslet is on. It sure does.

[Kate Winslet]

Darling. It's all.

[Stephen Colbert]

You. It's all the.

[Kate Winslet]

Way. I tell you, I was just having a moment over there in the wings as I was about to come on, I just thought, God, this is going to be the last time I'm on your show. And I had a moment. I had a moment. You are so.

[Stephen Colbert]

Loved. Oh, you're very.

[Kate Winslet]

Kind. You.

[Stephen Colbert]

Are. We got another six months. Maybe we can figure something out. We'll figure something.

[Kate Winslet]

Out. Can't be the last.

[Stephen Colbert]

Time. Ok, ok, ok. We've talked about this before, but you know, I admire how into Christmas the UK gets. Like you guys don't have Thanksgiving in the way. You can just go barreling straight after Halloween into it. You live over in the U.K. still, are you already in the Thick of it. Do you have the tree up? Do you have everything.

[Kate Winslet]

Done? Well, the tree isn't quite up, but a really good friend of mine, Scotty, and actually he did this last year for me as well, he phoned me, FaceTimed me from the farm shop and he said, okay, I'm here, I'm here. I'm at the trees again. Now, look, what sort of height do you want? What sort of fluff? Spruce. What is it? Tell me. I'll get you. I'll tell you. I've got the van. I'll get yours and mine. All right. And he's like, rach, flip it round. So then he flips the phone round and he says, his wife, Rachel, she's little, so she'll just do the size. Then he's making his poor wife stand for scale. Yes, for scale. Yeah. That's a big un. I'll get you that one. It's a nice one. Bushy, nice. Full. Yeah. All right, Bye. That's it. So, yes, I have my.

[Stephen Colbert]

Tree. That's.

[Kate Winslet]

Fantastic. I have my.

[Stephen Colbert]

Tree. Is it available? Because that sounds like a really great.

[Kate Winslet]

System. It's a great.

[Stephen Colbert]

System. It's really. That's fantastic. So what do we go for? Because what do you like? Do you like a.

[Kate Winslet]

Spruce? Well, I do like a spruce. I think they tend to drop a little bit less. And I always have the sound of my mother vacuing and cursing at the same time with the needles endlessly out of the car. So I find that a Norwegian spruce tends to drop the least and still smells great. It's all about the smell for.

[Stephen Colbert]

Me. I'm a Douglas fir man. Or a Frasier fir. I'll go Frasier.

[Kate Winslet]

Fir.

[Stephen Colbert]

Nice. Frasier fir. Because it's got nice tight, you know, nice tight needles. Plus very.

[Kate Winslet]

Painful. Okay, Very good.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay. Very painful to put up. And I believe you have to earn.

[Kate Winslet]

It. This is very. Yes, you.

[Stephen Colbert]

Do.

[Kate Winslet]

Exactly. You do not have enough slightly. Always get injured putting up.

[Stephen Colbert]

Trees. To be honest, my wife and I. Have you ever met.

[Kate Winslet]

Evie?

[Stephen Colbert]

No. Okay. Too bad. You have to come back to meet.

[Kate Winslet]

Her.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay. Now, she's very nice, too. Ok. We have an argument every year about whether you put the lights on from the top down or the bottom.

[Kate Winslet]

Up. Well, now, if she was here, we would have to do a little bit of a show and tell. So I actually start from the.

[Stephen Colbert]

Bottom. That's wrong. That is.

[Kate Winslet]

Wrong. Is.

[Stephen Colbert]

It? She does the bottom up. Why do the ladies like the bottom.

[Kate Winslet]

Up? Because it's closest to the plug socket. So the Wires come out of the plug socket, Stephen. And they go in the.

[Stephen Colbert]

Direction. They don't come out.

[Kate Winslet]

Of. They come out of the plug in the plug socket, but you plug it in and then the wires go like that. So doesn't it make sense that you kind of go bottom first and go roundy, roundy, roundy, roundy, roundy up to the top? And what have I done? Listen, I've started.

[Stephen Colbert]

Something. You've made a strong argument, but it is my belief that the hardest part is the.

[Kate Winslet]

Top.

[Stephen Colbert]

Yes. Get the hardest part done.

[Kate Winslet]

First. Ah. What does that say about you, do you.

[Stephen Colbert]

Think? Getting the hardest part done.

[Kate Winslet]

First? Yeah. What? Really? Like, that's got to be a.

[Stephen Colbert]

Thing. Maybe it is. Maybe. Maybe it. Do the hard part first. I mean, I think that's an excellent way to live your life, because then the rest of the day is.

[Kate Winslet]

Wonderful. I.

[Stephen Colbert]

Agree. The rest of the decorating is terrible, but I like. I plug it into the wall, we start going this way. I love you. I love you. You're annoying.

[Kate Winslet]

Me. Starting to hate you by the.

[Stephen Colbert]

Time we get to the.

[Kate Winslet]

Top. Well, you definitely hate me.

[Stephen Colbert]

Then.

[Kate Winslet]

Okay. That's the way I do it. And I'm very territorial. I sort of. Yeah. I take control of all the.

[Stephen Colbert]

Decorating. And are you the one in charge of, like, what's the density of the light? You step away, like, 10ft, and then, like, blur your eyes to see whether you've got the right distribution of.

[Kate Winslet]

Light? I do. Do qu. Stand back and, you know, observe and then go back in and rearrange things. And. And I even do this thing now, which this is. I'm, like, really admitting this is just ridiculous. But I. I try, and I'll try and drag the fairy light and position it so that it's reflecting a bit off the golden baubles or the red baubles, and it makes.

[Stephen Colbert]

More. You don't move the bauble. You move the light to the bauble, not the bauble to the.

[Kate Winslet]

Light. Strangely, that's what I.

[Stephen Colbert]

Do. You should write some of this.

[Kate Winslet]

Down. You should. Yeah. Really? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hard part first, maybe question mark against that, because you might have to reevaluate that side of yourself, I.

[Stephen Colbert]

Think. Special, special Christmas for you this year because you are adding another wonderful thing to your resume. You're now a director. You're directing a new film. You've got a new film called Goodbye Jim, A lovely.

[Kate Winslet]

Film. Thank.

[Stephen Colbert]

You. You created this with someone you know pretty well, the writer right here. Tell everybody who this person is right.

[Kate Winslet]

Here. That's my.

[Stephen Colbert]

Son. Oh, isn't that lovely? How did this. Did you. That sounds a screenwriter. Did you commission.

[Kate Winslet]

This? No, no, this. So my lovely son Joe, who is 21, when he was 19, he applied for a screenwriting course at the National Film and Television School. And he got accepted, and we were so proud of him. And he was told to write from the heart. And the assignment was in the six months to come up with a screenplay. So he got to the end and he shows me his assignment, and he's like, I've written thing, Mom. And it's, you know, it's probably. But, you know, just, you know, you can read it. Will you read it? Actually, could you maybe read it and then just lie if you hate it? And I read it, and it was very much not. And I said, well, you've written a movie and we're gonna make it. And he was like, what are you talking about, Mum? It's. No, don't do that. That is not. Don't do that, Mum. Do not do that thing. He said, it's just an ass. I was trying to just see if I could, you know, figure it out and do the thing and come up with the characters. And I said, well, you have done. And then cut to about a year later, and he'd worked on it some more and tightened it up. I was gonna produce it and play the role of Julia, as I do. And we were gonna go out to directors, and I suddenly had this panic, and I realized, oh, I think I'm supposed to be directing this, and we can't let it go. And so I.

[Stephen Colbert]

Did. Oh, that's lovely. How nice to do that. His first film, your first.

[Kate Winslet]

Directing. That's lovely. It was.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wonderful. It was really wonderful. The film is about family, so it's lovely to do it with family. Give the people a little idea of what it's.

[Kate Winslet]

About. So Goodbye June is a British movie. It feels very, very British. And it is set at Christmas time. And it is a complicated, messy family of grown siblings who have interesting relationships. And they all suddenly have to come together and put all that to one side, because it's clear that the matriarch is closer to passing away than they had anticipated. And it's funny and it's touching and it's humorous, and it's, yes, a story about loss, but it's actually much more a story about life, ultimately, and family and.

[Stephen Colbert]

Love. And Helen Mirren plays the.

[Kate Winslet]

Matriarch. Oh, my God. I.

[Stephen Colbert]

Can'T. It's an incredible cast. Helen Mirren Timothy Spall, Toni Collette, Andrea Riseborough. And the film's got this up and comer named Kate Winslet in there. We have a clip here. What do we need to.

[Kate Winslet]

Know? So June is played by Helen Mirren and she's this kind of very robust matriarch. She slightly feels like the backbone of Britain in many ways. And she's very funny and she knows how to play all of her children, but she also loves them dearly. So all of them, all four of them, at a certain point in the story, they have a special moment with her. And this is Julia's very special moment with her mother, Yvonne. I love watching the snowfall. Maybe if I'm lucky I'll come back as snow and then I'll see you all at Christmas.

[Stephen Colbert]

Time.

[Kate Winslet]

Yeah. Where's dad? Oh, he's just back at the house. He'll probably, he'll, he'll pop in later, I expect. You will look after him, won't you, darling, when I'm gone? Of course I will. Promise? Of course I will. Yeah. She was a strong one, Mum. Now look, you just, just don't you worry, okay, about any of this. Just don't worry about them. They will, they will all be fine. I, I, I'll make sure they are. I will, yes, but, you know, not in the, in the overbearing sort of way that you do sometimes or I, Right.

[Stephen Colbert]

Okay. So I got to ask, obviously, Helen Mirren, an amazing actress, extraordinary, is that daunting at all to direct.

[Kate Winslet]

Her? No, it wasn't daunting, actually, because I think I just sort of, I had a good firm conversation with myself going into this, producing, acting and directing. I thought, okay, what is the one thing I do not have time for? And that was fear. So I just thought, I gotta leave that at the door, put my big girl undies on and get on with it. And Helen was actually amazing because she quite liked similar direction to the direction I like. She doesn't like fuss and faff. So she'd come into the room and I'd say, how are you today? And she'd say, well, I don't really like, I don't like the gown and the costume and the hair and I don't want to get in the bed. The machines and the. Okay, I've said it. Okay, what shall I do? And I'd say, great, get into the bed. Lie down. Don't move your head. Okay, let's get the children and roll. And she just, and she was like, yeah, great. She just wanted practical, she just needed practical Noise. That's all she.

[Stephen Colbert]

Wanted. We have to take a quick break. We're right back with more Kate Winslet. Everybody stick.

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[Kate Winslet]

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[Stephen Colbert]

Everybody. I'm here with the wonderful Kate Winslet, star and director of the new film Goodbye. Well, as such an accomplished actress yourself, what do you want from a.

[Kate Winslet]

Director? Well, I have to say it's more a case of knowing what you definitely don't want. And there are things that I've learned over the years that aren't helpful. So, for example, you know, sometimes when you go to work as an actress, things might be going on in your own life where you try and leave that behind. Sometimes you can't. And us actors talk about this all the time. There's nothing worse. A director will say, you know what? Use it. Punch you in the face. For some reason it just makes actors go, mm. It's just like that's your own stuff and you don't wanna. It's. That's. No. So I think I've sort of learned over the years from some truly great people what works and what doesn't. And I knew that going into this I wanted these actors to feel just completely safe and heard, really. And I did do some things to change the on set working environment because look, I did think to myself with Helen Mirren and Timothy Spall, who plays Bernie, the patriarch of the family, there was nothing I could give them that they wouldn't have heard before. And neither was I about to sort of try something new with them, it just wouldn't have worked. But I did want to offer them an environment that was really uncluttered. So actually, we didn't have any overhead boom microphones. I had sort of bug mics and hidden mics everywhere. All the little. I have seven children in the film, which, by the way, I shot in seven weeks. And I had Helen Mirren for only six, 16 days, so I must have been insane. I don't know what I was thinking. But so everybody. All the sound was captured in a very sort of hidden way. And it meant that the space was empty or I had locked off cameras with crew leaving the room and just having the actors be entirely alone in those spaces. And it was really fun to be able to come up with that and offer that as a different experience for a.

[Stephen Colbert]

While. Did you ever get that as an.

[Kate Winslet]

Actress? Never. And it was precisely because I sort of always thought, surely we can come up with a better way to make the environment feel just a little bit less cluttered. And the crew were amazingly supportive at working with me on coming up with that. It was amazing. I loved.

[Stephen Colbert]

It. Do you want to do it again? Do you have the.

[Kate Winslet]

Book? I so want to do it again. I never wanted it to finish. It was just a complete joy. And there's nothing more thrilling, honestly, than being in a room full of terrific actors who are all kind, good people. And it was very, very.

[Stephen Colbert]

Special. Well, I want to talk to you just briefly, about one of the films that we first got to know you in. And that is, this is the 30th anniversary of Sense and Sensibility this year. So incredible film. Fantastic cast. How old. How old are you when you're making.

[Kate Winslet]

This? I was.

[Stephen Colbert]

19.

[Kate Winslet]

Wow. I.

[Stephen Colbert]

Know. Look at some of. This is a set. This is a photograph from a dinner off set. There's Alan Rickman and Hugh Laurie and Kate Winslet. That's you right there. That's little you right there. You're almost.

[Kate Winslet]

Unrecognizable. I know. It's really funny. I sort of look like all three of my children squished into one little face. But, you know, I tell you what's really lovely about this photograph. And I sort of don't quite know how it surfaced, and I don't even remember it being taken. But Emma Thompson, she really wanted to take care of me. And we did quite a few of these types of dinners. And looking back, I realized that it was her trying to put me at my ease in a space with all these utterly terrifying actors. I was so scared of Alan Rickman. But he was lovely all the.

[Stephen Colbert]

Time and you have to fall in love with.

[Kate Winslet]

Him. Yes, I did. He was very easy to fall in love with, let me tell you.

[Stephen Colbert]

That. Kate, thanks so much for being here. It's so lovely to see you again. Happy Christmas. Goodbye June is in select theaters. Turn tomorrow and available on Netflix December 24th. Kate Winslet, everybody. Thank you for listening to the late show pod show with Stephen Colbert. Just one more thing. If you want to see more of me, come to The Late Show YouTube channel for more clips and.

[Kate Winslet]

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[Stephen Colbert]

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[Kate Winslet]

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[Stephen Colbert]

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[Kate Winslet]

Mine. Oh.

[Stephen Colbert]

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[Kate Winslet]

Claus? We're not gonna let Santa down on our.

[Stephen Colbert]

Watch. Find out in the brand new special of Paw Patrol Christmas, now streaming on Paramount.