Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else’s shoes and trying not to judge.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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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 made a conscious decision to live my life the best way I could and that meant to publicise myself as little as possible.
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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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I wish I was Sienna Miller. When I talk to her, I hope a bit of her party personality will rub off on me, but it never does.
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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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Because it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what shape you are.
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I think it doesn’t matter where you’re from, we all need a bit of romance.
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The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
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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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Envy is the last thing that my parents feel.
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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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Nice is the worst word.
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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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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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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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