I think it doesn’t matter where you’re from, we all need a bit of romance.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI am a slow reader. I always loved words, which is a strange thing given that I couldn’t actually read them.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
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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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Envy is the last thing that my parents feel.
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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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I see a pair of shoes I adore, and it doesn’t matter if they have them in my size. I buy them anyway.
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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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I like watching films when I don’t know anything about the people.
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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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I cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods.
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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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I always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
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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 everybody has the right to a private life.
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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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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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