I made a conscious decision to live my life the best way I could and that meant to publicise myself as little as possible.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI think it doesn’t matter where you’re from, we all need a bit of romance.
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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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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 always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
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I wasn’t allowed to do commercials. I wasn’t allowed to do TV series. I wasn’t allowed to do soaps or basically anything that would mean I missed too much school.
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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.
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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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It’s not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.
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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 always find it much easier when there’s one person whose vision you’re following, as opposed to many people.
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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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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’ve had my body manipulated so many different times for so many different reasons, whether it’s paparazzi photographers or for film posters.
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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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Because it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what shape you are.
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And we’re fortunate if we have parents who are great and loving and inspiring. But, unfortunately, there are people who don’t have that.
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