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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI see the world through my eyes. It’s sometimes a strange world.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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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’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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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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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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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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Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.
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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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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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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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It’s a difficult thing when you try and make a film of a book that you really love. You have about two hours to tell the story, and it’s never going to be enough.
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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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At this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I’m having a lovely time.
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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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I cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods.
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