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.
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.
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I wish I was Sienna Miller. When I talk to her, I hope a bit of her party personality will rub off on me, but it never does.
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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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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 always find it much easier when there’s one person whose vision you’re following, as opposed to many people.
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Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else’s shoes and trying not to judge.
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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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My mum says that I was born 45, and I do remember at six thinking that I should be earning my own living.
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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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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 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 find it difficult to see the romance in digital.
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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 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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It’s good to know that other people think differently, and that’s what makes the characters interesting.
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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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