In film as a medium, you’re often given a baddie and a goodie and told what to think about them; it’s usually a very definite point of view.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYYou 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 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’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 always gravitated towards people who are extreme. Whether its drugs, or kicking down doors. Normally, the people in my life had to escape to get back.
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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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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.
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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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It’s an interesting thing when you discover something about yourself. To go: ‘Wow, I’m not the person I thought I was. I’m in the middle of something and I can’t actually deal with it.’
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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 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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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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Envy is the last thing that my parents feel.
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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’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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It’s good to know that other people think differently, and that’s what makes the characters interesting.
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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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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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I like watching films when I don’t know anything about the people.
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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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It’s not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.
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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 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.
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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 think everybody has the right to a private life.
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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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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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The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
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