I’ve got a lot of experience with anorexia – my grandmother and great-grandmother suffered from it, and I had a lot of friends at school who suffered from it. I know it’s not something to be taken lightly and I don’t.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYIn 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 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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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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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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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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Nice is the worst word.
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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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Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else’s shoes and trying not to judge.
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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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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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It’s good to know that other people think differently, and that’s what makes the characters interesting.
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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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At this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I’m having a lovely time.
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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 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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Envy is the last thing that my parents feel.
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