I’ve had my body manipulated so many different times for so many different reasons, whether it’s paparazzi photographers or for film posters.
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.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
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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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Because it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what shape you are.
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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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At this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I’m having a lovely time.
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The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
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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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In the movie, you’re moving, you have personality, you don’t have to be great looking.
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It’s an interesting thing when you discover something about yourself. To go: ‘Wow, I’m not the person I thought I was. I’m in the middle of something and I can’t actually deal with 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’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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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’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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My mum says that I was born 45, and I do remember at six thinking that I should be earning my own living.
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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 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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