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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYThe most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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Envy is the last thing that my parents feel.
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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 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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It’s not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.
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You already feel unsure of yourself, and then you see your worst fears in print. It really knocked me – which is why, I think, I was working, working, working, because I was trying to run away from the fact that I thought I couldn’t do 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 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 think everybody has the right to a private life.
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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 find it difficult to see the romance in digital.
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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 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.
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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 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 fashion is like putting on armor. I like that aspect of it, but it’s not something I want to think about every day.
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