Keira Knightley Quotes
At this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I'm having a lovely time.
Quotes to Explore
-
I think there is an enormous sea change happening in the global workforce. It has a lot to do with globalization. I think that people used to have a hope for a career or meaningful employment, and its been reduced to internships, part-time work or just grossly underpaid work.
-
I think people are going to like my new shoes. I like them. I had a lot of success with the one last year, but this year's shoe is going to be a little different, but at the same time it's going to be a little spin-off on last year's shoe.
-
The last time I had to make a career decision, I was 17. I could have gone to Ballet Theatre or National Ballet of Canada. There were options. But as I became exposed to the Robbins repertoire, I realized that there was a living genius in the house.
-
For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it's time to exit.
-
I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
-
So as I was growing up, my father was always in the middle of making a film or preparing a film. It was a full-time, all-consuming type of operation.
-
What's funny in 'The Mayor of MacDougal Street' is how Dave Van Ronk talks a lot about the time and how exciting it was and how electric it was.
-
Regulators are going to have to come up with a way to treat Bitcoin that is balanced and thoughtful but also recognize that this is a global phenomenon.
-
I, like most of my friends, couldn't believe I bought a mountain called Misery Mountain, because it was so appropriate.
-
I think I've paid my dues. I've really put in a lot of time on set.
-
There was a time I was no longer going to be black. I was going to be an 'intellectual.' When I was first looking around for colleges, thinking of colleges I couldn't afford to go to, I was thinking of being a philosopher. I began to understand then that much of my feelings about race were negative.
-
I had two jobs coming out of school: I did a play, 'The Great White Hope.' I played the boxer Jack Johnson. And I was the lead in this indie film. Then I moved to Los Angeles because New York was cold and it was really too quiet for me at that time. I was out of school; I was hungry. The auditions were trickling in, and I was antsy and ready to go.
-
I want to be the number one songwriter-producer guy of all time.
-
Sometimes for a lot of new artists, they don't have a vision, really, or know what they want to say; it's kind of drawn out for them. But me, because I'm such a transcendental thinker, it's always like a journey and an adventure with each project. It's like going through a different doorway each time.
-
The most important lesson of New Labour is this: Every time we made progress we did it by challenging the conventional wisdom.
-
Most of the time, I don't really give people a chance. I have a wall up. I'm always protecting who I am. Thinking about my brand. I make it hard on people. Sometimes, it's a good thing. Sometimes, it's a bad thing.
-
It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time.
-
I write for children because I am interested in fantasy and the possibilities for experience of all kinds before the time of compromise. I believe that children are far more perceptive and wise than American books give them credit for being.
-
Anybody who says they don't want to be seen on a show which has millions of people watching it at one time when they're in the business of selling records is a bit silly.
-
I think people think I'm a lot younger than I am because of how I look on screen.
-
Music, for me, in a film is never... I don't want to use music as a slave of the image. I want music to be art, or a body in itself to give something to the film.
-
P.P.S. I am giving you telepathic hugs. P.P.P.S. But not in a telepathically lezzie way.
-
It was a big deal to me to play characters and feel things and connect to somebody in a fake world.
-
At this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I'm having a lovely time.
