I always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
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.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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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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Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else’s shoes and trying not to judge.
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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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It’s not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for 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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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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Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.
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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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The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
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You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.
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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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I like watching films when I don’t know anything about the people.
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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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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 I don’t do this film. I’ll be acting in corsets for the next 20 years.
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