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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYBe happy in your body. It’s the only one you’ve got, so you might as well like it.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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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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I think fashion is like putting on armor. I like that aspect of it, but it’s not something I want to think about every day.
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The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
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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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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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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 find it difficult to see the romance in digital.
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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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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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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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In the movie, you’re moving, you have personality, you don’t have to be great looking.
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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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It’s not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.
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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 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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I like watching films when I don’t know anything about the people.
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I think everybody has the right to a private life.
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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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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 always find it much easier when there’s one person whose vision you’re following, as opposed to many people.
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Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.
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I see the world through my eyes. It’s sometimes a strange world.
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It’s an interesting thing when you discover something about yourself. To go: ‘Wow, I’m not the person I thought I was. I’m in the middle of something and I can’t actually deal with it.’
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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’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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