Quotes by Keira Knightley

About Keira Knightley:

Keira Christina Knightley is a British actress. She began acting as a child on television and made her film debut in 1995. She had a supporting role as Sabé in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) and her first significant role came in the psychological horror film The Hole (2001). She gained widespread recognition in 2002 after co-starring in the film Bend It Like Beckham and achieved international fame in 2003 after appearing as Elizabeth Swann in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series.
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I don't think that you can fake warmth. You can fake lust, jealousy, anger; those are all quite easy. But actual, genuine warmth? I don't think you can fake it.

Keira Knightley

I made a conscious decision to live my life the best way I could and that meant to publicise myself as little as possible.

Keira Knightley

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

It's not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.

Keira Knightley

When I was about 5 I think, I desperately wanted to be a pirate and have the hat and everything.

Keira Knightley

I don't have a problem with my body. I'm not just going to strip off all my clothing, but if the part calls for it and I don't think there's any way round, I'm absolutely fine.

Keira Knightley

I think every girl is looking for her Mr. Darcy.

Keira Knightley

I tried college for three months but I was desperately unhappy. I just wanted to perform. I was getting straight As but I had no friends and cried every day.

Keira Knightley

It's all about perfection, isn't it?

Keira Knightley

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.

Keira Knightley

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

Nice is the worst word.

Keira Knightley

My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.

Keira Knightley

If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything.

Keira Knightley

I am a slow reader. I always loved words, which is a strange thing given that I couldn't actually read them.

Keira Knightley

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.

Keira Knightley

I like watching films when I don't know anything about the people.

Keira Knightley

I always find it much easier when there's one person whose vision you're following, as opposed to many people.

Keira Knightley

I find it quite difficult on studio films because there are so many different executives and things like that that you have to go through, so very often getting that definitive opinion is actually quite difficult.

Keira Knightley

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.

Keira Knightley

Author Bio

  • NameKeira Knightley
  • DescriptionBritish actress
  • BornMarch 26, 1985
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor; Television Actor; Film Actor; Voice Actor; Model