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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI 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.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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I think everybody has the right to a private life.
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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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My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
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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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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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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 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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I cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods.
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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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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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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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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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Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.
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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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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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