Nice is the worst word.
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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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 made a conscious decision to live my life the best way I could and that meant to publicise myself as little as possible.
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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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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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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’ve had my body manipulated so many different times for so many different reasons, whether it’s paparazzi photographers or for film posters.
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My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
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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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And we’re fortunate if we have parents who are great and loving and inspiring. But, unfortunately, there are people who don’t have that.
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You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.
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I think everybody has the right to a private life.
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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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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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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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