You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYIn 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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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 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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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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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 cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods.
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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.
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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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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 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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In the movie, you’re moving, you have personality, you don’t have to be great looking.
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I enjoy doing an action scene. I’m not a purist as far as films go. If you want to do sex, great. As long as you do it well.
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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 see a pair of shoes I adore, and it doesn’t matter if they have them in my size. I buy them anyway.
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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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The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
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