A lot of times in cinema today the women are overly sentimental, so I constantly try to do the opposite. I like strident women.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI 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.
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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Envy is the last thing that my parents feel.
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Half of my mum’s family is Welsh. I remember when I was a kid she used to read to me, and witches and wizards in books always had a Welsh accent, so I guess I took it from that really.
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I don’t think that you can fake warmth. You can fake lust, jealousy, anger; those are all quite easy. But actual, genuine warmth? I don’t think you can fake it.
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I think it doesn’t matter where you’re from, we all need a bit of romance.
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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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My mum says that I was born 45, and I do remember at six thinking that I should be earning my own living.
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I don’t have a problem with my body. I’m not just going to strip off all my clothing, but if the part calls for it and I don’t think there’s any way round, I’m absolutely fine.
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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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And we’re fortunate if we have parents who are great and loving and inspiring. But, unfortunately, there are people who don’t have that.
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I wish I was Sienna Miller. When I talk to her, I hope a bit of her party personality will rub off on me, but it never does.
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Nice is the worst word.
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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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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 think fashion is like putting on armor. I like that aspect of it, but it’s not something I want to think about every day.
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