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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYBe happy in your body. It’s the only one you’ve got, so you might as well like it.
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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 always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
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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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My mum says that I was born 45, and I do remember at six thinking that I should be earning my own living.
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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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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 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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You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.
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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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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 always find it much easier when there’s one person whose vision you’re following, as opposed to many people.
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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 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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The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
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I think it doesn’t matter where you’re from, we all need a bit of romance.
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