I see the world through my eyes. It’s sometimes a strange world.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI think it doesn’t matter where you’re from, we all need a bit of romance.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
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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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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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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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Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.
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I like watching films when I don’t know anything about the people.
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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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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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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 always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
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Because it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what shape you are.
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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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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 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 find it difficult to see the romance in digital.
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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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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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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 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.
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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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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.
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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 made a conscious decision to live my life the best way I could and that meant to publicise myself as little as possible.
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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 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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At this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I’m having a lovely time.
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