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 think it doesn’t matter where you’re from, we all need a bit of romance.
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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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 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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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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Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.
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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.
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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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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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It’s good to know that other people think differently, and that’s what makes the characters interesting.
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I see the world through my eyes. It’s sometimes a strange world.
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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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If I don’t do this film. I’ll be acting in corsets for the next 20 years.
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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 think it doesn’t matter where you’re from, we all need a bit of romance.
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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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