Keira Knightley
People like to blame their insecurities on other people.
Keira Christina Knightley (born 1985-03-26) is a British actress.
Quotes
Jesus, if I know one thing about the industry, it's that it's a moment. A flash in the pan.
- Prince William definitely isn't my type, he's too horsey-looking.
- Interview for the Daily Mirror (August 2004)
- There is definitely a fuck-you quality to the characters I choose.
- Interview in Allure magazine (October 2007)
- A lot of times in cinema today the women are overly sentimental, so I constantly try to do the opposite. I like strident women.
- Interview in Allure magazine (October 2007)
- I went from everyone saying, "She-can't-act-she-can't-act-she-can't-act," to an Oscar nomination. So there was something quite sublime about that!
- On her role as Elizabeth Bennet in the 2005 film Pride and Prejudice, in Allure magazine (October 2007)
- I haven't got a clue about how much I weigh. I do not own any scales. And I have noticed it creates an anger in people who are not skinny. People like to blame their insecurities on other people.
- Interview in Allure magazine (October 2007)
- Jesus, if I know one thing about the industry, it's that it's a moment. A flash in the pan. That's what's lovely about it. But it's hard, because one moment you're the hot thing, and the next moment — you're not. And there's no rhyme or reason for it.
- Interview in Allure magazine (October 2007)
Quotes about Knightley
- Obviously we were looking for a beautiful young woman, but beauty alone is not enough. Keira is truly gifted and it is wonderful to watch her work. It seems so effortless. She's going to be a big star.
- Jerry Bruckheimer, producer The Pirates of the Caribbean
- It's a face audiences love to look at--a face that people can project their own emotions on, and she's incredibly lucky to look the way she does.
- Joe Wright, her director in Pride & Prejudice (2005) and Atonement (2007).
- Keira just steps into the ring and attacks. She's just as sweet as she can be and has a great sense of humor.
- Johnny Depp, co-star in The Pirates of the Caribbean.
