Kate Winslet on why she’s finally happy with her figure – and how she’s done it

Kate Winslet wowed everyone with her stunning new figure when she squeezed in to a Herve Leger bandage dress at a recent premiere in New York.

But the star has revealed her fantastic new physique was honed by shunning the gym and giving up her regular swims to do a pilates DVD at home in front of the TV.

‘I just don’t have the time or the inclination to go out and work up a sweat,’ she says.  ‘I don’t have a trainer or anyone bossing me about.  I prefer to do my own thing, in private, with some hand weights.  I’ve stopped all diet and exercise fads.  There’s just no point’.

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MOVIE star Eva Mendes is one of Hollywood’s most sultry actresses – yet she admits she’s envious of Kate Winslet.

However, the 34-year-old Hitch star says it’s not Kate’s perfect size 12 physique she covets – but the film parts she gets.

Eva says: ‘I would steal Kate Winslet’s roles. All her roles. Don’t talk to me about it because she can do no wrong in my eyes.’  Eva says she greatly admires the acting skills of the 33-year-old British star, who has been nominated for an Oscar five times and is tipped for two more nominations for her roles in The Reader and Revolutionary Road, in which she acts with Leonardo DiCaprio for the first time since 1997’s Titanic.

‘Not only is she the most amazing actress in the entire world, she’s nude in a lot of her films which shows she’s just fearless.’  Eva added. ‘Her choices are impeccable. She literally can do anything. If she can just give me two of her roles, I’d be happy.’

Eva, who is dating producer George Gargurevich and appearing in new movie The Spirit, is obviously a fan of Brits.

She recently revealed that she has a crush on Oasis star Liam Gallagher and loves comic Benny Hill.

SOURCE:  Mail on Sunday, Sunday January 4th 2009;  Katie Nicholl