My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
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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You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.
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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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I see the world through my eyes. It’s sometimes a strange world.
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I always find it much easier when there’s one person whose vision you’re following, as opposed to many people.
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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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It’s not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.
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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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At this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I’m having a lovely time.
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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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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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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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Half of my mum’s family is Welsh. I remember when I was a kid she used to read to me, and witches and wizards in books always had a Welsh accent, so I guess I took it from that really.
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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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I always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
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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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