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 KNIGHTLEYI don’t have a problem with my body. I’m not just going to strip off all my clothing, but if the part calls for it and I don’t think there’s any way round, I’m absolutely fine.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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I think everybody has the right to a private life.
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I find it difficult to see the romance in digital.
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It’s not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.
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I’ve always gravitated towards people who are extreme. Whether its drugs, or kicking down doors. Normally, the people in my life had to escape to get back.
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The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
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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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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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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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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.
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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.
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I made a conscious decision to live my life the best way I could and that meant to publicise myself as little as possible.
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You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.
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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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The thing I love about acting is getting to change and look at different people in different lives and do different projects.
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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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