You bring yourself to every role, it doesn’t matter who it is, it doesn’t matter if it’s a mass murderer, you can bring something to 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 enjoy doing an action scene. I’m not a purist as far as films go. If you want to do sex, great. As long as you do it well.
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Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.
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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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You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.
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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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It’s not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.
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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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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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The whole point for me is to change as much as possible. If I’ve done one movie, I’ve done that, move on.
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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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The thing I love about acting is getting to change and look at different people in different lives and do different projects.
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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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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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All through my life what I’ve loved doing is watching movies. I love the escapism of film, I love stories. So it is incredible to be able to be in them as much as I am, to see them from the first stitch in a costume to the end product.
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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 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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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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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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I see the world through my eyes. It’s sometimes a strange world.
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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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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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The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
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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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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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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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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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