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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYIt’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.’
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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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 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 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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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.
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I like watching films when I don’t know anything about the people.
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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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My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
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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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Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.
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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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You bring yourself to every role, it doesn’t matter who it is, it doesn’t matter if it’s a mass murderer, you can bring something to 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 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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You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.
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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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