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 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’ve had my body manipulated so many different times for so many different reasons, whether it’s paparazzi photographers or for film posters.
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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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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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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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I think it doesn’t matter where you’re from, we all need a bit of romance.
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I think everybody has the right to a private life.
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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 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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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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Nice is the worst word.
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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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Because it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what shape you are.
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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 always find it much easier when there’s one person whose vision you’re following, as opposed to many people.
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