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7 Badass Keira Knightley Quotes About Body Image
One does not simply portray THE Elizabeth Bennett and so easily exude her swagger without first being a badass themselves. Keira Knightley has always marched to the beat of her own drum and she's said some pretty amazing things to pave the way for other women to do the same. Here are some of Keira Knightley's best quotes on body image and not caring what people have to say about her.
Her Disbelief Over Why Her Breasts Had to Be Manipulated for Photo Shoots & Movies
Knightley told Contactmusic in 2006, “I did one magazine and found out you’re not actually allowed to be on a cover in the US without at least a C cup because it turns people off. Apparently they have done market research and found that women want to see no less than a C cup on other women. Isn’t that crazy?”
Her Disgust Over the Way Women's Bodies Are Objectified
She told Access Hollywood , "I think the pressure we put on women to either be thinner or fatter or to have longer legs or shorter legs or bigger breasts or smaller breasts is disgusting... It’s amazing in 2012 that that level of misogyny over women is still there... Particularly over young women. We pull them apart.”
On Enjoying Imperfections
She got candid, with the UK's Daily Record, saying, “When you do the Hollywood vibe on a big film you are shot from the perfect angle and you do tests to make sure, so they won’t shoot you from this or that angle. With The Jacket you look s--t and that’s great. It didn’t matter what angle they wanted to film from. I didn’t have to look perfect. It’s all about finding the truth in any situation and the situation in this wasn’t a pretty one.”
On Going Topless
“That shoot was one of the ones where I said: OK, I’m fine doing the topless shot so long as you don’t make them any bigger or retouch.' Because it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what shape you are,” she explained to The Times in November 2014 of her decision to appear topless in Interview Magazine.
On Going Topless, Continued
She also said this to The Times: "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."
On Being Happy With Yourself Regardless of Size
“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 there (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.” — to Vanity Fair
On Navigating Through Hollywood
“You have to be very, very strong to live and work there. I take my hat off to actresses there, particularly the young ones, because the emphasis is on trying to find perfection. But I think it’s the imperfections in people that make them perfect. I don’t find perfect faces very interesting,” said Knightley, according to The Daily News .
