And we’re fortunate if we have parents who are great and loving and inspiring. But, unfortunately, there are people who don’t have that.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI do think that acting is such an unpredictable job, and you’re away a lot. If you’re dating somebody outside the industry, it can be hard to understand that.
More Keira Knightley Quotes
-
-
I think it doesn’t matter where you’re from, we all need a bit of romance.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY -
I’ve got a lot of experience with anorexia – my grandmother and great-grandmother suffered from it, and I had a lot of friends at school who suffered from it. I know it’s not something to be taken lightly and I don’t.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY -
Envy is the last thing that my parents feel.
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 -
I think everybody has the right to a private life.
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 -
I see the world through my eyes. It’s sometimes a strange world.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY -
Nice is the worst word.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY -
A lot of times in cinema today the women are overly sentimental, so I constantly try to do the opposite. I like strident women.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY -
Half of my mum’s family is Welsh. I remember when I was a kid she used to read to me, and witches and wizards in books always had a Welsh accent, so I guess I took it from that really.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY -
The thing I love about acting is getting to change and look at different people in different lives and do different projects.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY -
Be happy in your body. It’s the only one you’ve got, so you might as well like it.
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 -
You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY -
I’ve had my body manipulated so many different times for so many different reasons, whether it’s paparazzi photographers or for film posters.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY