I tried college for three months but I was desperately unhappy. I just wanted to perform. I was getting straight As but I had no friends and cried every day.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYYou bring yourself to every role, it doesn’t matter who it is, it doesn’t matter if it’s a mass murderer, you can bring something to it.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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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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I find it difficult to see the romance in digital.
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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.
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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 think it doesn’t matter where you’re from, we all need a bit of romance.
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Nice is the worst word.
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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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Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else’s shoes and trying not to judge.
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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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I think everybody has the right to a private life.
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It’s a difficult thing when you try and make a film of a book that you really love. You have about two hours to tell the story, and it’s never going to be enough.
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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’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.
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In L.A., I’m twice the size – height and everything else – of most of the other actresses who are going for an audition.
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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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