United Kingdom, Dec. 22 -- Kate Winslet believes life is "better" with a "good meal and a good poo".

The Goodbye June director-and-actress - who has Mia, 25, with first husband Jim Threapleton, Joe, 22, with second spouse Sam Mendes, and Bear, 12, with husband Edward Abel Smith - has recalled the "horrific" intrustion into her personal life when she was younger and found small ways to find joy while coping with the scrutiny amid the breakdown of one of her marriages.

She told BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs that she coped with the attention thanks to "a good meal, a shared conversation, a nice cup of coffee, a bit of Radiohead and a good poo".

She added: "You know, life's all the better for those things."

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