I think it doesn’t matter where you’re from, we all need a bit of romance.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI always find it much easier when there’s one person whose vision you’re following, as opposed to many people.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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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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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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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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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.
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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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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 do think that acting is such an unpredictable job, and you’re away a lot. If you’re dating somebody outside the industry, it can be hard to understand that.
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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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Because it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what shape you are.
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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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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 like watching films when I don’t know anything about the people.
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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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It’s not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.
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Envy is the last thing that my parents feel.
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I see the world through my eyes. It’s sometimes a strange world.
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I think everybody has the right to a private life.
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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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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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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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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 cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods.
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I always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
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My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
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A lot of times in cinema today the women are overly sentimental, so I constantly try to do the opposite. I like strident women.
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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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