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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.

Keira Knightley

My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Day Growth Myself Parents Person Wisdom
The whole point for me is to change as much as possible. If I’ve done one movie, I’ve done that, move on.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Change Move On Movie Myself Point Possible
I’ve had my body manipulated so many different times for so many different reasons, whether it’s paparazzi photographers or for film posters.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Body Manipulation Movie Myself Photographer
In the movie, you’re moving, you have personality, you don’t have to be great looking.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Greatness Movie Personality Yourself
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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Fight Goodness Movie Myself Rare Time Word
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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Fake Quite Thinking Warmth Yourself
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 KNIGHTLEY

Emotion Myself Time Try Woman
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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Costume End Life Love Movie Myself
I tried college for three months but I was desperately unhappy. I just wanted to perform. I was getting straight As but I had no friends and cried every day.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Day Desperate Friendship Myself Try
I see a pair of shoes I adore, and it doesn’t matter if they have them in my size. I buy them anyway.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Admire Myself Rich Shoes
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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Act Date Hard Industry Job Myself Prediction Understand
The thing I love about acting is getting to change and look at different people in different lives and do different projects.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Act Change Different Live Love Myself Project
I cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Cook Food Goodness Market Myself Organic
I think everybody has the right to a private life.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Body Life Myself Privacy Right Thinking
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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Body Face Help Movie Myself Perfection Stupidity
Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else’s shoes and trying not to judge.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Compassionate Empathy Judgement Shoes Try Yourself

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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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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