It’s a difficult thing when you try and make a film of a book that you really love. You have about two hours to tell the story, and it’s never going to be enough.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYA lot of times in cinema today the women are overly sentimental, so I constantly try to do the opposite. I like strident women.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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I don’t quite understand what Tolstoy’s actual personal view of Anna is – whether he likes her or hates her, whether she’s the heroine or the antiheroine.
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I like watching films when I don’t know anything about the people.
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I always find it much easier when there’s one person whose vision you’re following, as opposed to many people.
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I’ve had my body manipulated so many different times for so many different reasons, whether it’s paparazzi photographers or for film posters.
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If I don’t do this film. I’ll be acting in corsets for the next 20 years.
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All through my life what I’ve loved doing is watching movies. I love the escapism of film, I love stories. So it is incredible to be able to be in them as much as I am, to see them from the first stitch in a costume to the end product.
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I tried college for three months but I was desperately unhappy. I just wanted to perform. I was getting straight As but I had no friends and cried every day.
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I’m doing a film now with a lot of guys as well, so at the end of that I will be growing a beard.
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Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.
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You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.
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I see a pair of shoes I adore, and it doesn’t matter if they have them in my size. I buy them anyway.
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It’s an interesting thing when you discover something about yourself. To go: ‘Wow, I’m not the person I thought I was. I’m in the middle of something and I can’t actually deal with it.’
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In the movie, you’re moving, you have personality, you don’t have to be great looking.
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At this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I’m having a lovely time.
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Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.
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