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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI don’t think that you can fake warmth. You can fake lust, jealousy, anger; those are all quite easy. But actual, genuine warmth? I don’t think you can fake it.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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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 like watching films when I don’t know anything about the people.
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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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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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My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
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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’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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Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.
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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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Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else’s shoes and trying not to judge.
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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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Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.
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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 wish I was Sienna Miller. When I talk to her, I hope a bit of her party personality will rub off on me, but it never does.
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