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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI 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.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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I am a slow reader. I always loved words, which is a strange thing given that I couldn’t actually read them.
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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.
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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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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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It’s good to know that other people think differently, and that’s what makes the characters interesting.
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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 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 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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Because it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what shape you are.
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It’s not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for 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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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 think it doesn’t matter where you’re from, we all need a bit of romance.
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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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Well, 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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