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.
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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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.
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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 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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Nice is the worst word.
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The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.
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I think it doesn’t matter where you’re from, we all need a bit of romance.
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Because it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what shape you are.
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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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I always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
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I see the world through my eyes. It’s sometimes a strange world.
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Envy is the last thing that my parents feel.
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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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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 do think that acting is such an unpredictable job, and you’re away a lot. If you’re dating somebody outside the industry, it can be hard to understand that.
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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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The thing I love about acting is getting to change and look at different people in different lives and do different projects.
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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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