I made a conscious decision to live my life the best way I could and that meant to publicise myself as little as possible.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYIt’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.
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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 most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
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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 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 always find it much easier when there’s one person whose vision you’re following, as opposed to many people.
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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 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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Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else’s shoes and trying not to judge.
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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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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.
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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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Be happy in your body. It’s the only one you’ve got, so you might as well like it.
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Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.
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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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All through my life what I’ve loved doing is watching movies. I love the escapism of film, I love stories. So it is incredible to be able to be in them as much as I am, to see them from the first stitch in a costume to the end product.
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