Well me and Leo are very good friends. He adores my children but the problem is he spoils them rotten. I mean Mia is 4 years old and she’s a megalomaniac.  She says she wants to be an actress,singer and god knows what else. And if you ask her why she thinks she can do all that she’s gonna tell you “Uncle Leo says I can” and that’s it for her. Can you imagine taking a 3 year old kid to FAO Schwartz and tell her “Take everything you want and uncle Leo is gonna buy you that?” Well Leo did exactly this last Christmas, Mia was overjoyed. She thought Leo was Santa Claus. You know I try to teach her material things are not important and there comes uncle Leo with the newest model of a doll’s house (she laughs) - Kate Winslet

In an effort to stoke passions, director Sam Mendes, Winslet’s real-life husband, has been cranking up the volume on a Dean Martin ballad each time they launch into the scene. After 13 takes, with patience running on fumes, someone cues up the music again - only this time a practical joker has replaced Dino with Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On,” the syrupy but strangely stirring anthem from Titanic. Suddenly, it’s as if someone pressed the pause button. Everyone freezes for a good five seconds. And then, without saying a word, DiCaprio wraps Winslet in his arms, she spreads hers, and they re-create the iconic hood-ornament image that was wallpapered all over the planet 11 years ago. The 300 or so extras and onlookers explode into applause juicing the stars enough to nail the scene on the next take. - EW December 2008

“He’s probably the world’s most beautiful looking man [Leonardo Dicaprio], yet he doesn’t think he’s that gorgeous. And to me, he’s just smelly, farty Leo.” - Kate Winslet (about Leonardo Dicaprio)