Kate Winslet stifled by Oscar!

Kate Winslet didn’t feel creative after her Oscar win.

The British actress who won the Best Actress Academy Award for her role inThe Reader in 2009 took her time before picking her forthcoming project Mildred Pierce because she didn’t feel productive but think she has put in a better performance for waiting.

“I just waited until the dust had settled and I was ready to engage with it sounds so w**ky my creative side again,” she said.

“In the last few years I’ve allowed myself to acknowledge the fact that I do really need my job. I need that outlet.

“And so, not only did I feel good and ready, I felt good and ready to be destroyed by a role again.”

Despite now returning to work, 35-year-old Kate who split with husband Sam Mendes last year believes she is happier than ever, something she is “surprised” at.

“I actually keep saying it out loud,” she said. “Last night, I went out for a drink with two friends, and as we were talking I said, ‘God, you know, I feel so good.’ Not in a, ‘Wow! I feel so good!’ way, but just in that quiet centered way.

“I’m almost surprised by it. I feel well. I feel healthy. I feel clear. I feel centered.”