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.
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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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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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 don’t think that you can fake warmth. You can fake lust, jealousy, anger; those are all quite easy. But actual, genuine warmth? I don’t think you can fake it.
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Because it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what shape you are.
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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 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 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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Be happy in your body. It’s the only one you’ve got, so you might as well like it.
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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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It’s not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.
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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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Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.
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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 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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