Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else’s shoes and trying not to judge.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYAll 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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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 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 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 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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It’s good to know that other people think differently, and that’s what makes the characters interesting.
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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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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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It’s not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.
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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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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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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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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 always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
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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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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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