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 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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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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Envy is the last thing that my parents feel.
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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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The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
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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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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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I cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods.
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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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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 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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I always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
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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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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 think it doesn’t matter where you’re from, we all need a bit of romance.
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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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