I’ve had my body manipulated so many different times for so many different reasons, whether it’s paparazzi photographers or for film posters.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI’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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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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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 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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Envy is the last thing that my parents feel.
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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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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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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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In L.A., I’m twice the size – height and everything else – of most of the other actresses who are going for an audition.
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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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I like to do the pictures before people get too self-conscious. I like to be spontaneous and get a shot before the subject thinks too much about 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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The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
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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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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 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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