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 KNIGHTLEYAt this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I’m having a lovely time.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
-
-
If only I wasn’t an atheist, I could get away with anything. You’d just ask for forgiveness and then you’d be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY -
I see the world through my eyes. It’s sometimes a strange world.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY -
I like watching films when I don’t know anything about the people.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY -
At this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I’m having a lovely time.
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 -
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 -
I am a slow reader. I always loved words, which is a strange thing given that I couldn’t actually read them.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY -
Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY -
My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY -
I would be extremely stupid if I said that my looks had absolutely nothing to do with what I do, it [moviemaking] is a visual medium. I’m perfectly aware of that, the face and the body help. Of course they do.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY -
I think fashion is like putting on armor. I like that aspect of it, but it’s not something I want to think about every day.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY -
The whole point for me is to change as much as possible. If I’ve done one movie, I’ve done that, move on.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY -
In the movie, you’re moving, you have personality, you don’t have to be great looking.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY -
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.’
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY -
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