--- title: Steve Jobs Star Kate Winslet Gives Wall Street Journal Interview description: As revealed in her recent interview with WSJ. Magazine canonical: https://time.com/4056264/kate-winslet-oscar-bathroom/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-30T19:40:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:25:26.076Z og:title: Here’s the Strange Place Kate Winslet Keeps Her Oscar og:description: And the lovely reason behind it og:url: https://time.com/4056264/kate-winslet-oscar-bathroom/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3af15496aff90a8d/69886641bc6cfcd7b33d9af3/gettyimages-139161859.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Vanity Fair Oscar Party 2009 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here’s the Strange Place Kate Winslet Keeps Her Oscar twitter:description: And the lovely reason behind it twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3af15496aff90a8d/69886641bc6cfcd7b33d9af3/gettyimages-139161859.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kate Winslet Has a Great Reason for Keeping Her Oscar in a Weird Place by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Sep 30, 2015 7:40 PM UTC  Kate Winslet at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in 2009 Kate Winslet at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in 2009Gregg DeGuire—FilmMagic / Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Sep 30, 2015 7:40 PM UTC Natalie Portman may [have no clue](http://time.com/3849064/natalie-portman-oscar/) where her Oscar is, but Kate Winslet, who won in 2009 for her role in _The Reader_, knows _precisely_ where to find hers. In a [recent interview](http://www.wsj.com/articles/kate-winslet-stars-in-the-highly-anticipated-film-steve-jobs-1443621106?tesla=y) with _WSJ._ Magazine, promoting her role in the upcoming film _Steve Jobs_, the actress revealed that she keeps her beloved Oscar in her bathroom. Why? Because she wants to give her guests an opportunity to practice Oscar speeches in front of the mirror. “The whole point is for everybody to pick it up and go, ‘I’d like to thank my son and my dad’—and you can always tell when someone has, because they’re in there a little bit longer after they flushed,” Winslet said. “They’ll come out looking slightly pink-cheeked. It’s hysterical.” In the interview, Winslet also said she doesn’t consider herself a “movie star” and that the phrase makes her uncomfortable. “I’ve always been so uncomfortable with that. I just don’t feel like one, and I don’t live like one either— not the way I imagine a proper movie star living.” Winslet did not reveal where she plans to keep her next Oscar if she wins for _Steve Jobs_. _Read next:_ [_Kate Winslet on Losing Baby Weight: ‘I’d Rather Be Well-Fed and Happy’_](http://time.com/3695502/kate-winslet-losing-baby-weight/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4056264/kate-winslet-oscar-bathroom/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4056264/kate-winslet-oscar-bathroom/"},"headline":"Kate Winslet Has a Great Reason for Keeping Her Oscar in a Weird Place","datePublished":"2015-09-30T19:40:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:25:26.076Z","description":"As revealed in her recent interview with WSJ. 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