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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYEmpathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else’s shoes and trying not to judge.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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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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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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I’ve had my body manipulated so many different times for so many different reasons, whether it’s paparazzi photographers or for film posters.
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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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Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.
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I always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
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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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If I don’t do this film. I’ll be acting in corsets for the next 20 years.
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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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Nice is the worst word.
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You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.
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I like watching films when I don’t know anything about the people.
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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 always find it much easier when there’s one person whose vision you’re following, as opposed to many people.
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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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