Nice is the worst word.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYAnd we’re fortunate if we have parents who are great and loving and inspiring. But, unfortunately, there are people who don’t have that.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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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’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 find it difficult to see the romance in digital.
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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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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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Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.
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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 see the world through my eyes. It’s sometimes a strange world.
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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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Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else’s shoes and trying not to judge.
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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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Envy is the last thing that my parents feel.
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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 don’t have a problem with my body. I’m not just going to strip off all my clothing, but if the part calls for it and I don’t think there’s any way round, I’m absolutely fine.
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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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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 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 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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If I don’t do this film. I’ll be acting in corsets for the next 20 years.
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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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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.
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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 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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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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