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 think everybody has the right to a private life.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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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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If I don’t do this film. I’ll be acting in corsets for the next 20 years.
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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 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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Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else’s shoes and trying not to judge.
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I find it difficult to see the romance in digital.
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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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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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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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It’s not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.
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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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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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Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.
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Be happy in your body. It’s the only one you’ve got, so you might as well like it.
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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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