Keira Knightley Quotes

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.

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

I think every girl is looking for her Mr Darcy.

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.

They have made me look a total babe on the front

I know acting is a profession where one minute, you're hot and the next minute, it can all go away,

There were three women standing there with their bums facing me, ... Talk about a surreal moment. You're literally choosing the best bum in the bunch.

I did. A couple of times. Maybe twice before we actually started. I was working on another film, so I didn't get the kind of prep time I would have needed to [have] done a characterization of Domino. Actually Tony said just to make up your own character. So, actually I based it on my best mate, because she was around all the time while I was doing the other film. And I would look at her and go, 'OK, I can keep her in my head.' And then I could do it. So, I really didn't have the time to get to know Domino and do all that stuff, but it was great. She sent me pictures of her and taped interviews and stuff like that. Just so I had an idea of what she thinks with and the stories, her stories. It was really, really helpful. And then I combined that with my best friend and did it that way.

They were really great, they were sweet guys, ... Very respectful, great to my mum, had good conversations; they'd explain all their different tattoos to her. And it was a hard scene for me to do because it was the first week of filming and, regardless of whether he was in a gang or not, I had to give this guy a lap dance. But they were really, really nice to me.

I thought, God, it's a strong person who says, 'Yes, you can take my name and you can do with it what you want,' ... I wanted to create a character who would be able to say that, because I know that I wouldn't.

I have people telling me I'm a role model. That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard in my life. Don't turn a 20-year-old into a role model because we're going to make mistakes. How could you not? You'd be a freak if you didn't.

You never know what people are going to go for and what they aren't. It's an unforeseeable thing. I don't even know what my next movie after 'Pirates' is going to be.

We had the Bennet giggle. It's a high-pitched, screaming, chaotic monkey-like giggle that would get us into it. Joe wanted us to always speak over each other so you got the feeling of people who are so used to each other, they don't even listen anymore. I do think it will make it more accessible.

a scruffy tomboy kid, with holes in her jeans.

I'm British, so the whole sex scene and being topless is fine. In fact, to be able to do that in the middle of the desert was quite liberating. And to do it with a beautiful Venezuelan well, let's just say I'm a lucky girl.

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.

In this business, fame lasts for a second. You can be blown up and be blown down. People keep losing interest in faces because new ones come along every single second. I'm one at the moment. Tomorrow I won't be. That's cool. I'm not saying that when it does end, I'll be like, 'Yay! It's ending.' But I'll move on and do something else because that's what has to be done. It's about survival. If you're sad about it, then you're in the wrong job.

I feel immediately at home in New York or Washington. That's fantastic. But, it takes a lot of getting used to being a Londoner, coming to L.A. So, it was strange. It took me about a month to sort of settle down. Then, I really liked it.

I was terrified of taking on such a well-known character - to the point where I didn't want to do it. But my agent persuaded me and I'm very glad she did.

I wanted to put up a 'Do Not Disturb' sign because I was so embarrassed about anyone going in.

He just laughed at me.

I have just seen George Clooney outside and thought that was quite cool.

I can't. I haven't shaved my legs.

I can't actually walk, but I can stand rather well.

I have seen the TV reports on the horrendous drought in East Africa and I know how desperate things have become, so I am happy to be able to do something to help.

(I am) really proud to have been asked to work with such an iconic house as Chanel, and thrilled to follow the extraordinary women who have been associated with it before.

All of us can do something to support this fantastic work and it will make a real difference.

It's brilliant that this dress has raised this much.

Yes, I have breasts. So does 50% of the population. Do we really have to waste time talking about mine? I don't think so.

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

He was completely amazing, ... He did love having six women around him all the time. We took him to a party one night but he was wearing a mask, because he can't be around cigarettes but felt anyone who wanted to smoke could, so he came with a little mask he wore.

I've got a kind, close-knit family group

They're all fab and they tell me when I'm acting up and laugh at me as much as possible, which is important.