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 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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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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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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I find it difficult to see the romance in digital.
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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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The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
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The whole point for me is to change as much as possible. If I’ve done one movie, I’ve done that, move on.
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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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Nice is the worst word.
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I think fashion is like putting on armor. I like that aspect of it, but it’s not something I want to think about every day.
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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 think everybody has the right to a private life.
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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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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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It’s good to know that other people think differently, and that’s what makes the characters interesting.
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I see the world through my eyes. It’s sometimes a strange world.
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