I started working when I was seven, and ever since then I’ve been saving for an apartment. Even before that I had a little jam jar designated for my apartment money. – Keira Knightley
Well, 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 Knightley
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 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 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
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
It’s impossible. You try to have any kind of relationship with your family, with a man, or with a friend, and you have to be on the phone and the Internet the entire time. – Keira Knightley
I find more interesting roles for women in period pieces. I do personally like watching period films; I think you can really get lost in the fantasy of them. – Keira Knightley
But acting is very much a profession that is you’re hot one moment and not the next – and that is totally cool. I think that’s what I find most fascinating and most exciting about it – is that it can be gone in a puff of smoke. – Keira Knightley
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. – Keira Knightley
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. – Keira Knightley
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
What’s nice about playing somebody real is that generally there’s more information about them, so a lot of the questions that you’d otherwise have to make up the answers to are already there. – Keira Knightley
I don’t think I can call myself an actress yet. I just don’t think my skill level is that high. I hope that with every job it gets better. But until I’m good, I can say I’m trying to be an actor, but I don’t think I’ve completely made it. – Keira Knightley
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. – Keira Knightley
When I was about 5 I think, I desperately wanted to be a pirate and have the hat and everything. – 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
I really believe that in this industry women have to be very true to themselves about what they’re comfortable with. – Keira Knightley
It’s good to know that other people think differently, and that’s what makes the characters interesting. – Keira Knightley
It’s fantastic to have the opportunity to work abroad, and do all that, but there is a certain point where you’re just like, ‘Oh, I’d love to work at home.’ – Keira Knightley
At this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I’m having a lovely time. – Keira Knightley
