Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge. Keira Knightley More Quotes by Keira Knightley More Quotes From Keira Knightley 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. Keira Knightley grandmothertakenschool I'm a tomboy beanpole? I can't use a computer, so maybe I'm a bit out of the loop. I don't know whether to be flattered or not flattered. The beanpole bit, is that good? Can you be a sexy beanpole? Keira Knightley computersexyuse If I don't do this film. I'll be acting in corsets for the next 20 years. Keira Knightley hollywoodactingyears I think I always disappoint people, because they always expect someone very pretty. Very done. There’s so much pressure to be thin, blonde and busty. I’m skinny, but even I couldn’t fit into some of the clothes in L.A! In a funny kind of way, I think you create it yourself. I think it’s much better to go with the flow and embrace your body, whatever shape it is, and just be happy. Keira Knightley clothespeoplethinking 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. They're full of flaws as much as they are full of heroics. I think the reason that people love them and hate them so much is because, in some way, they always see a mirror of themselves in them, and you can always understand them on some level. Sometimes it's a terrifyingly dark mirror that's held up. Keira Knightley hatedarkcharacter My doctor was like, 'Any questions?' And I was like, 'Yes! When can I drink please?!' I just want a margarita. Keira Knightley drinkdoctorswant My mum says that I was born 45, and I do remember at six thinking that I should be earning my own living. Keira Knightley sixearningthinking I don’t know what happened through the ’80s, ’90s, and ’00s that took feminism off the table, that made it something that women weren’t supposed to identify with and were supposed to be ashamed of. Feminism is about the fight for equality between the sexes, with equal respect, equal pay, and equal opportunity. At the moment we are still a long way off that. Keira Knightley fightingopportunitysex 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. Keira Knightley scriptsfilmfighting I went through voice coaching. I was absolutely terrified. I thought my knees were going to buckle, and the first couple of takes I sounded like a pubescent boy. I didn't realise I was going to have to do it live. Keira Knightley voicecoupleboys 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 Knightley literaturecharacterpeople I'm ... incredibly open with my mates. Or even people I just meet. Keira Knightley matespeople You watch him playing Jack Sparrow, and he's loving it, and he's loving being in that world. He's still excited by it. Sometimes, he'll even say, 'Was that OK?' And I'm thinking, 'You're Johnny Depp man, you know that's OK!' But he doesn't. He's still going to [director] Gore [Verbinski] and asking for help. It's a privilege to see the human side of Johnny. It's really exciting. Keira Knightley asking-for-helpmenthinking The thing I love about acting is getting to change and look at different people in different lives and do different projects. Keira Knightley differentactingpeople Humans who see something different than them want to hate it and tear it down. Britain had a government policy that allowed prejudice to destroy someone's life, and today there is still homophobia at home and elsewhere, like Russia or Greece. It's still a relevant discussion. While women have it better than the 1940s or '50s, sexism is still prevalent. Keira Knightley russiahatehome The highest percentage of England's top jobs are filled by graduates from about two different universities. Keira Knightley differentjobstwo In L.A., I'm twice the size - height and everything else - of most of the other actresses who are going for an audition. Keira Knightley auditionsheightactresses The most important thing in playing any character is not judging. Keira Knightley importantjudgingcharacter 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. Keira Knightley filmdecisionthinking I always feel like I'm the one with everything to prove. Keira Knightley provefeels
