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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYWell, 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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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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Nice is the worst word.
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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 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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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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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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Half of my mum’s family is Welsh. I remember when I was a kid she used to read to me, and witches and wizards in books always had a Welsh accent, so I guess I took it from that really.
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Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.
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Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.
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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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Envy is the last thing that my parents feel.
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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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I like watching films when I don’t know anything about the people.
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I find it difficult to see the romance in digital.
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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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