If I don’t do this film. I’ll be acting in corsets for the next 20 years.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYHalf 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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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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At this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I’m having a lovely time.
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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 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 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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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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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 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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It’s an interesting thing when you discover something about yourself. To go: ‘Wow, I’m not the person I thought I was. I’m in the middle of something and I can’t actually deal with it.’
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You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.
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I don’t think that you can fake warmth. You can fake lust, jealousy, anger; those are all quite easy. But actual, genuine warmth? I don’t think you can fake it.
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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 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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Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else’s shoes and trying not to judge.
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