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.
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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYBecause it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what shape you are.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI like watching films when I don’t know anything about the people.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYEmpathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else’s shoes and trying not to judge.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYYou 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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI 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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI’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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYIf 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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYIn 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 KNIGHTLEYI always find it much easier when there’s one person whose vision you’re following, as opposed to many people.
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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYYou 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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI see a pair of shoes I adore, and it doesn’t matter if they have them in my size. I buy them anyway.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI 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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI think it doesn’t matter where you’re from, we all need a bit of romance.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYIn the movie, you’re moving, you have personality, you don’t have to be great looking.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY