The whole point for me is to change as much as possible. If I’ve done one movie, I’ve done that, move on.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI’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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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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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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Be happy in your body. It’s the only one you’ve got, so you might as well like 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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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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If only I wasn’t an atheist, I could get away with anything. You’d just ask for forgiveness and then you’d be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt.
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I don’t quite understand what Tolstoy’s actual personal view of Anna is – whether he likes her or hates her, whether she’s the heroine or the antiheroine.
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Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.
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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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Nice is the worst word.
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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 find it difficult to see the romance in digital.
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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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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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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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