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.’
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYIf 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.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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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 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.
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I like to do the pictures before people get too self-conscious. I like to be spontaneous and get a shot before the subject thinks too much about it.
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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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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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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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At this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I’m having a lovely time.
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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 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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If I don’t do this film. I’ll be acting in corsets for the next 20 years.
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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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It’s good to know that other people think differently, and that’s what makes the characters interesting.
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Because it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what shape you are.
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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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