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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI 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.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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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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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’ve always gravitated towards people who are extreme. Whether its drugs, or kicking down doors. Normally, the people in my life had to escape to get back.
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My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
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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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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 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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I think everybody has the right to a private life.
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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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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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It’s not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for 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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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 very rare to get a film script that has good dialogue. A lot of the time, you spend on film sets really fighting to find out how to say the words.
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I always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
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