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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYIt’s good to know that other people think differently, and that’s what makes the characters interesting.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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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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I see the world through my eyes. It’s sometimes a strange world.
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Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.
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I think women’s bodies are a battleground and photography is partly to blame. Our society is so photographic now, it becomes more difficult to see all of those different varieties of shape.
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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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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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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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You already feel unsure of yourself, and then you see your worst fears in print. It really knocked me – which is why, I think, I was working, working, working, because I was trying to run away from the fact that I thought I couldn’t do it.
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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 like watching films when I don’t know anything about the people.
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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 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 find it difficult to see the romance in digital.
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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 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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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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Nice is the worst word.
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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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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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The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
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I always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
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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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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’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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I think quite often when you have a hell of a lot more money and time, as you very much do on a big studio film, you don’t necessarily have to make the decisions right there. You can always goback and reshoot it.
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