My mum says that I was born 45, and I do remember at six thinking that I should be earning my own living.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYIt’s not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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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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My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
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I see the world through my eyes. It’s sometimes a strange world.
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Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.
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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’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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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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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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If 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.
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I always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
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If I don’t do this film. I’ll be acting in corsets for the next 20 years.
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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 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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You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.
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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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