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 like to do the pictures before people get too self-conscious. I like to be spontaneous and get a shot before the subject thinks too much about it.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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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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In the movie, you’re moving, you have personality, you don’t have to be great looking.
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It’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 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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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.
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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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If I don’t do this film. I’ll be acting in corsets for the next 20 years.
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Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.
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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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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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I always feel like I’m the one with everything to prove.
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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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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’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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