I made a conscious decision to live my life the best way I could and that meant to publicise myself as little as possible.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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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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My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
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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.
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I enjoy doing an action scene. I’m not a purist as far as films go. If you want to do sex, great. As long as you do it well.
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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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Be happy in your body. It’s the only one you’ve got, so you might as well like it.
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I’ve always gravitated towards people who are extreme. Whether its drugs, or kicking down doors. Normally, the people in my life had to escape to get back.
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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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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 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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It’s good to know that other people think differently, and that’s what makes the characters interesting.
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Nice is the worst word.
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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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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 always find it much easier when there’s one person whose vision you’re following, as opposed to many people.
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