I see a pair of shoes I adore, and it doesn’t matter if they have them in my size. I buy them anyway.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI 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 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 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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Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.
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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 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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It’s not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.
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Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.
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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 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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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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If I don’t do this film. I’ll be acting in corsets for the next 20 years.
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My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
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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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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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I find it difficult to see the romance in digital.
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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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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’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 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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You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.
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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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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 always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
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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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Nice is the worst word.
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My mum says that I was born 45, and I do remember at six thinking that I should be earning my own living.
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