Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else’s shoes and trying not to judge.
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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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 good to know that other people think differently, and that’s what makes the characters interesting.
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I cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods.
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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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The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
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Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.
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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 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 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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Nice is the worst word.
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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 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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Well, the thing about great fictional characters from literature, and the reason that they’re constantly turned into characters in movies, is that they completely speak to what makes people human.
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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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The whole point for me is to change as much as possible. If I’ve done one movie, I’ve done that, move on.
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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 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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In the movie, you’re moving, you have personality, you don’t have to be great looking.
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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 think it doesn’t matter where you’re from, we all need a bit of romance.
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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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I see the world through my eyes. It’s sometimes a strange world.
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Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.
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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 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 quite often when you have a hell of a lot more money and time, as you very much do on a big studio film, you don’t necessarily have to make the decisions right there. You can always goback and reshoot it.
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