I wasn’t allowed to do commercials. I wasn’t allowed to do TV series. I wasn’t allowed to do soaps or basically anything that would mean I missed too much school.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI’m doing a film now with a lot of guys as well, so at the end of that I will be growing a beard.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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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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Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.
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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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At this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I’m having a lovely time.
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Nice is the worst word.
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I would be extremely stupid if I said that my looks had absolutely nothing to do with what I do, it [moviemaking] is a visual medium. I’m perfectly aware of that, the face and the body help. Of course they do.
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It’s very rare to get a film script that has good dialogue. A lot of the time, you spend on film sets really fighting to find out how to say the words.
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I’m doing a film now with a lot of guys as well, so at the end of that I will be growing a beard.
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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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I like watching films when I don’t know anything about the people.
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The whole point for me is to change as much as possible. If I’ve done one movie, I’ve done that, move on.
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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 always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
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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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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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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 cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods.
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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 always find it much easier when there’s one person whose vision you’re following, as opposed to many people.
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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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Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.
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If only I wasn’t an atheist, I could get away with anything. You’d just ask for forgiveness and then you’d be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt.
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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 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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I think everybody has the right to a private life.
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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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