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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More Keira Knightley Quotes
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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 enjoy doing an action scene. I’m not a purist as far as films go. If you want to do sex, great. As long as you do it well.
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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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It’s not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.
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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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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 find it difficult to see the romance in digital.
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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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Envy is the last thing that my parents feel.
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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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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 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 think fashion is like putting on armor. I like that aspect of it, but it’s not something I want to think about every day.
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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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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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Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.
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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 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’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 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’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 would be extremely stupid if I said that my looks had absolutely nothing to do with what I do, it [moviemaking] is a visual medium. I’m perfectly aware of that, the face and the body help. Of course they do.
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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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Be happy in your body. It’s the only one you’ve got, so you might as well like it.
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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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