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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYMy mum says that I was born 45, and I do remember at six thinking that I should be earning my own living.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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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 find it difficult to see the romance in digital.
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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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Envy is the last thing that my parents feel.
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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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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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In the movie, you’re moving, you have personality, you don’t have to be great looking.
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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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You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.
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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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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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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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You bring yourself to every role, it doesn’t matter who it is, it doesn’t matter if it’s a mass murderer, you can bring something to it.
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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 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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