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.’
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI 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.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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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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It’s good to know that other people think differently, and that’s what makes the characters interesting.
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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 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 have a problem with my body. I’m not just going to strip off all my clothing, but if the part calls for it and I don’t think there’s any way round, I’m absolutely fine.
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Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.
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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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The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
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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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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 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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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 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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Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else’s shoes and trying not to judge.
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Because it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what shape you are.
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