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.
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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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 think everybody has the right to a private life.
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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 like watching films when I don’t know anything about the people.
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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 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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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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I see the world through my eyes. It’s sometimes a strange world.
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I always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
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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’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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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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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 think it doesn’t matter where you’re from, we all need a bit of romance.
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