Because it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what shape you are.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI 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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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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Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.
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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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I think women’s bodies are a battleground and photography is partly to blame. Our society is so photographic now, it becomes more difficult to see all of those different varieties of shape.
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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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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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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 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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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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Envy is the last thing that my parents feel.
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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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I think quite often when you have a hell of a lot more money and time, as you very much do on a big studio film, you don’t necessarily have to make the decisions right there. You can always goback and reshoot it.
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I always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
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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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