I’ve had my body manipulated so many different times for so many different reasons, whether it’s paparazzi photographers or for film posters.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI tried college for three months but I was desperately unhappy. I just wanted to perform. I was getting straight As but I had no friends and cried every day.
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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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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 good to know that other people think differently, and that’s what makes the characters interesting.
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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 always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
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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 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 see the world through my eyes. It’s sometimes a strange world.
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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 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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I tried college for three months but I was desperately unhappy. I just wanted to perform. I was getting straight As but I had no friends and cried every day.
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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 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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Envy is the last thing that my parents feel.
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