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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI like watching films when I don’t know anything about the people.
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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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Because it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what shape you are.
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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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I always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
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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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Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else’s shoes and trying not to judge.
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The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
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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 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 wasn’t allowed to do commercials. I wasn’t allowed to do TV series. I wasn’t allowed to do soaps or basically anything that would mean I missed too much school.
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I like to do the pictures before people get too self-conscious. I like to be spontaneous and get a shot before the subject thinks too much about it.
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The thing I love about acting is getting to change and look at different people in different lives and do different projects.
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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 think everybody has the right to a private life.
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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.
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I don’t have a problem with my body. I’m not just going to strip off all my clothing, but if the part calls for it and I don’t think there’s any way round, I’m absolutely fine.
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If only I wasn’t an atheist, I could get away with anything. You’d just ask for forgiveness and then you’d be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt.
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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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Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.
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If I don’t do this film. I’ll be acting in corsets for the next 20 years.
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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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Nice is the worst word.
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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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Envy is the last thing that my parents feel.
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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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I see the world through my eyes. It’s sometimes a strange world.
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