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.
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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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 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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You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.
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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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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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In the movie, you’re moving, you have personality, you don’t have to be great looking.
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I like watching films when I don’t know anything about the people.
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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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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 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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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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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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The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
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I’ve always gravitated towards people who are extreme. Whether its drugs, or kicking down doors. Normally, the people in my life had to escape to get back.
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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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Because it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what shape you are.
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I cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods.
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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 always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
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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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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 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 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 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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