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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYIn the movie, you’re moving, you have personality, you don’t have to be great looking.
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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’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 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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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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My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
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I find it difficult to see the romance in digital.
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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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You already feel unsure of yourself, and then you see your worst fears in print. It really knocked me – which is why, I think, I was working, working, working, because I was trying to run away from the fact that I thought I couldn’t do it.
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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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Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.
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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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In L.A., I’m twice the size – height and everything else – of most of the other actresses who are going for an audition.
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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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Nice is the worst word.
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You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.
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