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.
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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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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It’s not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.
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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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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 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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If I don’t do this film. I’ll be acting in corsets for the next 20 years.
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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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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 see the world through my eyes. It’s sometimes a strange world.
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Well, the thing about great fictional characters from literature, and the reason that they’re constantly turned into characters in movies, is that they completely speak to what makes people human.
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My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
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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 would be extremely stupid if I said that my looks had absolutely nothing to do with what I do, it [moviemaking] is a visual medium. I’m perfectly aware of that, the face and the body help. Of course they do.
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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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At this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I’m having a lovely time.
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I do think that acting is such an unpredictable job, and you’re away a lot. If you’re dating somebody outside the industry, it can be hard to understand that.
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Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.
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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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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 cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods.
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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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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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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 think everybody has the right to a private life.
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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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