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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYWell, the thing about great fictional characters from literature, and the reason that they’re constantly turned into characters in movies, is that they completely speak to what makes people human.
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The thing I love about acting is getting to change and look at different people in different lives and do different projects.
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Because it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what shape you are.
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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 do think that acting is such an unpredictable job, and you’re away a lot. If you’re dating somebody outside the industry, it can be hard to understand that.
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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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I’ve always gravitated towards people who are extreme. Whether its drugs, or kicking down doors. Normally, the people in my life had to escape to get back.
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I’ve got a lot of experience with anorexia – my grandmother and great-grandmother suffered from it, and I had a lot of friends at school who suffered from it. I know it’s not something to be taken lightly and I don’t.
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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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I think everybody has the right to a private life.
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Envy is the last thing that my parents feel.
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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 like watching films when I don’t know anything about the people.
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I enjoy doing an action scene. I’m not a purist as far as films go. If you want to do sex, great. As long as you do it well.
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A lot of times in cinema today the women are overly sentimental, so I constantly try to do the opposite. I like strident women.
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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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In the movie, you’re moving, you have personality, you don’t have to be great looking.
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You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.
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It’s good to know that other people think differently, and that’s what makes the characters interesting.
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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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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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Nice is the worst word.
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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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Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.
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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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Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else’s shoes and trying not to judge.
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My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
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