I'm an awful sailor, but I don't vomit any more.
Keira Knightley
On starring role in Pirates of the Caribbean:
Dead Man's Chest (2006) |
I've had a lot of experience with anorexia - my grandmother
and great-grandmother suffered from it. But I don't have it,
I am very sure of that.
Keira Knightley
Hitting back against calls she may have
an eating disorder, when questioned at premiere of Pirates of
the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, July 2006 |
I was like, wait a minute, you're doing a pirate movie - something
that hasn't worked in about 50 years - and it's based on an
amusement park ride!
Keira Knightley
On her early doubts about the 2003 film
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - it
went on to be a $650m worldwide success |
It's not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might
as well go for it.
Keira Knightley |
I think every girl is looking for her Mr Darcy.
Keira Knightley
On hero of Pride and Prejudice - she starred
as Elizabeth Bennett in the 2005 movie of the Jane Austin classic
novel |
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.
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 |
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.
Keira Knightley |
I know acting is a profession where one minute, you're hot
and the next minute, it can all go away.
Keira Knightley |
The [Star Wars] magic was broken. I loved the first Star Wars
film and my mum was really into it too, that's why I took the
part. But the Force wasn't there when we were filming it, and
they didn't have real light sabres, which annoyed me.
Keira Knightley
On her role in 1999 movie Star Wars: Episode
I The Phantom Menace |
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