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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. "
Keira Knightley
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" I see the world through my eyes. It's sometimes a strange world. "
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" It's impossible. You try to have any kind of relationship with your family, with a man, or with a friend, and you have to be on the phone and the Internet the entire time. "
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" Film is a much lonelier process than theatre. You really don't have any rehearsal time in film. You don't shape it together... with theatre, there is a complete kind of family atmosphere. The sociable side of this business is the theatrical side, it really isn't the film side. "
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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 always find it much easier when there's one person whose vision you're following, as opposed to many people. "
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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 am a slow reader. I always loved words, which is a strange thing given that I couldn't actually read them. "
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" I like watching films when I don't know anything about the people. "
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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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" What's nice about playing somebody real is that generally there's more information about them, so a lot of the questions that you'd otherwise have to make up the answers to are already there. "
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" My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents. "
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