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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI 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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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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Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.
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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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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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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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Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else’s shoes and trying not to judge.
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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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The whole point for me is to change as much as possible. If I’ve done one movie, I’ve done that, move on.
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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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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 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 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 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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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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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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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 the movie, you’re moving, you have personality, you don’t have to be great looking.
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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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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 always find it much easier when there’s one person whose vision you’re following, as opposed to many people.
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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 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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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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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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Because it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what shape you are.
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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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