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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.

Keira Knightley

In L.A., I’m twice the size – height and everything else – of most of the other actresses who are going for an audition.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Appearance Audition Body Height Myself
In the movie, you’re moving, you have personality, you don’t have to be great looking.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Greatness Movie Personality Yourself
You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Break Learning Rule Yourself
Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else’s shoes and trying not to judge.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Compassionate Empathy Judgement Shoes Try Yourself
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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Body Face Help Movie Myself Perfection Stupidity
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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Fight Goodness Movie Myself Rare Time Word
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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Costume End Life Love Movie Myself
I 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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Hate Herself Personality Quite Understand
It’s good to know that other people think differently, and that’s what makes the characters interesting.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Character Different Goodness Interest People
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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Fake Quite Thinking Warmth Yourself
My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Day Growth Myself Parents Person Wisdom
I made a conscious decision to live my life the best way I could and that meant to publicise myself as little as possible.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Best Conscious Decision Life Myself Possible Way
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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Hope Idol Myself Party Personality Talk
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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Action Enjoyment Myself Purity Yourself
The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Character Important Judgement Play
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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Difficult Enough Love Time Try Yourself

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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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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