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 KNIGHTLEYI see a pair of shoes I adore, and it doesn’t matter if they have them in my size. I buy them anyway.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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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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Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.
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You bring yourself to every role, it doesn’t matter who it is, it doesn’t matter if it’s a mass murderer, you can bring something to it.
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You already feel unsure of yourself, and then you see your worst fears in print. It really knocked me – which is why, I think, I was working, working, working, because I was trying to run away from the fact that I thought I couldn’t do it.
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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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I think everybody has the right to a private life.
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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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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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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 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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It’s not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.
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In film as a medium, you’re often given a baddie and a goodie and told what to think about them; it’s usually a very definite point of view.
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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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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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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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