I think quite often when you have a hell of a lot more money and time, as you very much do on a big studio film, you don’t necessarily have to make the decisions right there. You can always goback and reshoot it.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI 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.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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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 the world through my eyes. It’s sometimes a strange world.
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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’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’ve got a lot of experience with anorexia – my grandmother and great-grandmother suffered from it, and I had a lot of friends at school who suffered from it. I know it’s not something to be taken lightly and I don’t.
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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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It’s good to know that other people think differently, and that’s what makes the characters interesting.
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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 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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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 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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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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It’s not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.
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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 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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I cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods.
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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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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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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 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 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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Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.
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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 always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
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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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