If I don’t do this film. I’ll be acting in corsets for the next 20 years.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYIt’s good to know that other people think differently, and that’s what makes the characters interesting.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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Be happy in your body. It’s the only one you’ve got, so you might as well like it.
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I think quite often when you have a hell of a lot more money and time, as you very much do on a big studio film, you don’t necessarily have to make the decisions right there. You can always goback and reshoot it.
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I cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods.
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Because it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what shape you are.
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I made a conscious decision to live my life the best way I could and that meant to publicise myself as little as possible.
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Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else’s shoes and trying not to judge.
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You already feel unsure of yourself, and then you see your worst fears in print. It really knocked me – which is why, I think, I was working, working, working, because I was trying to run away from the fact that I thought I couldn’t do it.
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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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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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In L.A., I’m twice the size – height and everything else – of most of the other actresses who are going for an audition.
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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 like to do the pictures before people get too self-conscious. I like to be spontaneous and get a shot before the subject thinks too much about it.
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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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In film as a medium, you’re often given a baddie and a goodie and told what to think about them; it’s usually a very definite point of view.
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I think women’s bodies are a battleground and photography is partly to blame. Our society is so photographic now, it becomes more difficult to see all of those different varieties of shape.
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