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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI 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.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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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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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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My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
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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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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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I think everybody has the right to a private life.
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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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It’s good to know that other people think differently, and that’s what makes the characters interesting.
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The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
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You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.
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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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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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It’s not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.
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I 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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