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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI think everybody has the right to a private life.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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I always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
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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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I think quite often when you have a hell of a lot more money and time, as you very much do on a big studio film, you don’t necessarily have to make the decisions right there. You can always goback and reshoot it.
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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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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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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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Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.
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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 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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I cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods.
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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 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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It’s not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.
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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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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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