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.
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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I don’t think that you can fake warmth. You can fake lust, jealousy, anger; those are all quite easy. But actual, genuine warmth? I don’t think you can fake it.
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I do think that acting is such an unpredictable job, and you’re away a lot. If you’re dating somebody outside the industry, it can be hard to understand that.
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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 think it doesn’t matter where you’re from, we all need a bit of romance.
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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.
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I see the world through my eyes. It’s sometimes a strange world.
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In film as a medium, you’re often given a baddie and a goodie and told what to think about them; it’s usually a very definite point of view.
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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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Envy is the last thing that my parents feel.
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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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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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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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I’ve always gravitated towards people who are extreme. Whether its drugs, or kicking down doors. Normally, the people in my life had to escape to get back.
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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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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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You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.
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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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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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I think everybody has the right to a private life.
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I’m doing a film now with a lot of guys as well, so at the end of that I will be growing a beard.
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Nice is the worst word.
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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 fashion is like putting on armor. I like that aspect of it, but it’s not something I want to think about every day.
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Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.
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At this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I’m having a lovely time.
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