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In the movie, you’re moving, you have personality, you don’t have to be great looking.

Keira Knightley

The whole point for me is to change as much as possible. If I’ve done one movie, I’ve done that, move on.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Change Move On Movie Myself Point Possible
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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Day Fashion Myself Thinking
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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Body Face Help Movie Myself Perfection Stupidity
Be happy in your body. It’s the only one you’ve got, so you might as well like it.
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Body Happiness Self Love Yourself
Because it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what shape you are.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Appearance Feeling Important Yourself
I find it difficult to see the romance in digital.
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Difficult Digital Myself Romance See
My mum says that I was born 45, and I do remember at six thinking that I should be earning my own living.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Age Live Mom Myself Remember Thinking Time
A lot of times in cinema today the women are overly sentimental, so I constantly try to do the opposite. I like strident women.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Emotion Myself Time Try Woman
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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Appearance Audition Body Height Myself
You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.
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Break Learning Rule Yourself
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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Book Children Family Mom Myself Remember
In the movie, you’re moving, you have personality, you don’t have to be great looking.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Greatness Movie Personality Yourself
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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Goodness Medium Personality Point View
I’ve had my body manipulated so many different times for so many different reasons, whether it’s paparazzi photographers or for film posters.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Body Manipulation Movie Myself Photographer
I like watching films when I don’t know anything about the people.
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Movie Myself People See
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.’
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Deal Discover Myself Person
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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Act Date Hard Industry Job Myself Prediction Understand
Nice is the worst word.
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Nice One Liner Word Worst
Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.
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Audience Difficult Movie People
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 KNIGHTLEY

Consciousness Myself People Photograph Thinking
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 KNIGHTLEY

Decision Hell Money Movie Myself Quite Right Thinking Time
I see the world through my eyes. It’s sometimes a strange world.
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Eyes Myself See Strange Time World
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 KNIGHTLEY

Body Different Myself Society Thinking Woman
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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Fortunate Greatness Myself Parents People
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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Day Desperate Friendship Myself Try
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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Commercial Missing Movie Myself School
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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Difficult Enough Love Time Try Yourself

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