Because it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what shape you are.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI 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.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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I 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.
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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 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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I always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
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I find it difficult to see the romance in digital.
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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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I 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.
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Half of my mum’s family is Welsh. I remember when I was a kid she used to read to me, and witches and wizards in books always had a Welsh accent, so I guess I took it from that really.
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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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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’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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I think everybody has the right to a private life.
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I like to do the pictures before people get too self-conscious. I like to be spontaneous and get a shot before the subject thinks too much about it.
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You 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.
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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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In the movie, you’re moving, you have personality, you don’t have to be great looking.
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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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Be happy in your body. It’s the only one you’ve got, so you might as well like it.
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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 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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My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
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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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At this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I’m having a lovely time.
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Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.
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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’ve had my body manipulated so many different times for so many different reasons, whether it’s paparazzi photographers or for film posters.
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