Keira Knightley quotes

Keira Knightley is a British actress renowned for her performances in both independent films and major blockbusters. Her breakthrough roles in "Bend It Like Beckham" and the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series brought her international fame. She continues to impress audiences with her talent, versatility, and commitment to challenging roles. Here are 37 of her quotes:

I went from everyone saying, "She-can't-act-she-can't-act-she-can't-act," to an Oscar nomination. So there was something quite sublime about that!

Keira Knightley

Prince William definitely isn't my type, he's too horsey-looking.

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I don't like my legs. ... A good pair of legs on someone else always makes me jealous. I don't have any tits so I can't show cleavage. The only part I really like is my stomach.

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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.

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

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

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Jesus, if I know one thing about the industry, it's that it's a moment. A flash in the pan. That's what's lovely about it. But it's hard, because one moment you're the hot thing, and the next moment - you're not. And there's no rhyme or reason for it.

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I haven't got a clue about how much I weigh. I do not own any scales. And I have noticed it creates an anger in people who are not skinny. People like to blame their insecurities on other people.

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There is definitely a fuck-you quality to the characters I choose.

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Nice is the worst word.

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I think everybody has the right to a private life.

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I see the world through my eyes. It's sometimes a strange world.

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At this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I'm having a lovely 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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If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything.

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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.

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

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All through my life what I've loved doing is watching movies. I love the escapism of film, I love stories. So it is incredible to be able to be in them as much as I am, to see them from the first stitch in a costume to the end product.

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

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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.

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

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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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