If I don’t do this film. I’ll be acting in corsets for the next 20 years.
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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Nice is the worst word.
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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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I think it doesn’t matter where you’re from, we all need a bit of romance.
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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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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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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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And we’re fortunate if we have parents who are great and loving and inspiring. But, unfortunately, there are people who don’t have that.
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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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My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
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Envy is the last thing that my parents feel.
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Because it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what shape you are.
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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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It’s good to know that other people think differently, and that’s what makes the characters interesting.
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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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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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