My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYMy upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYMy mum says that I was born 45, and I do remember at six thinking that I should be earning my own living.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYWell, the thing about great fictional characters from literature, and the reason that they’re constantly turned into characters in movies, is that they completely speak to what makes people human.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYEmpathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else’s shoes and trying not to judge.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI 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 KNIGHTLEYIt’s not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI think everybody has the right to a private life.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI find it difficult to see the romance in digital.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI see the world through my eyes. It’s sometimes a strange world.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYThe whole point for me is to change as much as possible. If I’ve done one movie, I’ve done that, move on.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI enjoy doing an action scene. I’m not a purist as far as films go. If you want to do sex, great. As long as you do it well.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI’ve had my body manipulated so many different times for so many different reasons, whether it’s paparazzi photographers or for film posters.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYI 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.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYBecause it does feel important to say it really doesn’t matter what shape you are.
KEIRA KNIGHTLEYIt’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