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 KNIGHTLEYIt’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 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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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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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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I don’t have a problem with my body. I’m not just going to strip off all my clothing, but if the part calls for it and I don’t think there’s any way round, I’m absolutely fine.
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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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I do think that acting is such an unpredictable job, and you’re away a lot. If you’re dating somebody outside the industry, it can be hard to understand that.
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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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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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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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My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
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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 like watching films when I don’t know anything about the people.
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You already feel unsure of yourself, and then you see your worst fears in print. It really knocked me – which is why, I think, I was working, working, working, because I was trying to run away from the fact that I thought I couldn’t do it.
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I see the world through my eyes. It’s sometimes a strange world.
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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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