Run mad as often as you choose.

Run mad as often as you choose.
But do not faint.

This is beautiful.

Titanic producer Jon Landau showed DiCaprio footage late last year and, by all accounts, the actor was knocked out, all over again, by his leading lady. ‘He watched the scene where Kate arrives at the dock and steps out the car and he said to me: “She’s so beautiful,” ’

But Winslet reveals she wasn’t the only one affected by the chilly conditions: “Leo was just useless. He was like, ‘I don’t want to be cold anymore.’ I did the looking after. He was a 21-year-old baby.” [x] [x]

It’s such a shame actually that he isn’t here. I was having photos taken earlier and I was thinking ‘God I do really miss him’. It’s strange to talk about Titanic without him in the same breath. But we were very lucky that we got along together as well as we did. It could have been a whole other story if we’d hated each other, I mean can you imagine? I think that our off screen friendship and the trust that we had and what we shared together and the respect we had for each other really made a big difference in terms of the performances we had to give. And it’s sustained our friendship through all these years and we are still incredibly close and he is a very, very special person in my life and I am really lucky actually, to have him. - Kate Winslet on Leonardo DiCaprio

A rare outtake of the actors as they prepare for a scene.

I didn’t really think of this film as something I would do until I realised I was discriminating against it purely because of its scale. For all the epic size of this production, at its heart it’s a great love story. Another big reason I took the role was Kate. She’s got a lot of integrity and as an actress she’s extremely talented. She’s turned out to be my best friend.’
‘I was afraid Leo wasn’t going to like me.’ confesses Winslet. ‘I thought he was going to have this image of me as this starchy Brit who recites Shakespeare left and right and absolutely insists on drinking tea in the afternoon. When I first met him I realized I was going to have to let him know that I had my funky side as well. We’re very close now. He’s got a lot of my secrets, and I’ve got heaps of his. He’s my best friend.’
I found this reading through one of my old Titanic books last night. They were so sweet about each other even then.

Fucking yes.

watching Titanic on Film4; crying already.

“I’m not frightened. I’m not frightened of anything. The more I suffer, the more I love. Danger will only increase my love. It will sharpen it, forgive its vice. I will be the only angel you need. You will leave life even more beautiful than you ended it Heaven will take you back and look at you and say: Only one thing can make a soul complete and that thing is love.” - The Reader

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