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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI 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.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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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 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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I like watching films when I don’t know anything about the people.
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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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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 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 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 cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods.
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Because it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what shape you are.
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Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.
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The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
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Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.
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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’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’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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I see the world through my eyes. It’s sometimes a strange world.
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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 always find it much easier when there’s one person whose vision you’re following, as opposed to many people.
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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 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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I find it difficult to see the romance in digital.
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I always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
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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 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 wish I was Sienna Miller. When I talk to her, I hope a bit of her party personality will rub off on me, but it never does.
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