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 KNIGHTLEYAt this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I’m having a lovely time.
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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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It’s very rare to get a film script that has good dialogue. A lot of the time, you spend on film sets really fighting to find out how to say the words.
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I think everybody has the right to a private life.
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The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
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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’m doing a film now with a lot of guys as well, so at the end of that I will be growing a beard.
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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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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 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.
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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.
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Envy is the last thing that my parents feel.
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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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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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I am a slow reader. I always loved words, which is a strange thing given that I couldn’t actually read them.
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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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