Keira Knightley Quotes

I see a pair of shoes I adore, and it doesn't matter if they have them in my size. I buy them anyway.

Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else's shoes and trying not to judge.

Be happy in your body. It's the only one you've got, so you might as well like it.

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.

I think everybody has the right to a private life.

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.

I'm obsessed with shoes. I must have hundreds of pairs...That reminds me- I need to go shopping!

My doctor was like, 'Any questions?' And I was like, 'Yes! When can I drink please?!' I just want a margarita.

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.

It's a difficult thing when you try and make a film of a book that you really love. You have about two hours to tell the story, and it's never going to be enough.

I think it doesn't matter where you're from, we all need a bit of romance.

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.

I don't want to deny my femininity. But would I want to be a stay-at-home mother? No. On the other hand, you should be allowed to do that, as should men, without being sneered at.

Nice is the worst word.

I am a slow reader. I always loved words, which is a strange thing given that I couldn't actually read them

I 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.

You bring yourself to every role, it doesn't matter who it is, it doesn't matter if it's a mass murderer, you can bring something to it.

When I was about 5 I think, I desperately wanted to be a pirate and have the hat and everything.

I've had my body manipulated so many different times for so many different reasons, whether it's paparazzi photographers or for film posters.

Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.

My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.

At this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I'm having a lovely time.

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 good to know that other people think differently, and that's what makes the characters interesting.

I wasn't allowed to do commercials. I wasn't allowed to do TV series. I wasn't allowed to do soaps or basically anything that would mean I missed too much school.

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

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!

I find it difficult to see the romance in digital.

It'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.'

I see the world through my eyes. It's sometimes a strange world.

I like watching films when I don't know anything about the people.

You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.

I like to do the pictures before people get too self-conscious. I like to be spontaneous and get a shot before the subject thinks too much about it.

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.

I always find it much easier when there's one person whose vision you're following, as opposed to many people.

A lot of times in cinema today the women are overly sentimental, so I constantly try to do the opposite. I like strident women.

I'm ... incredibly open with my mates. Or even people I just meet.

The highest percentage of England's top jobs are filled by graduates from about two different universities.

In L.A., I'm twice the size - height and everything else - of most of the other actresses who are going for an audition.

My mum says that I was born 45, and I do remember at six thinking that I should be earning my own living.

I'm a tomboy beanpole? I can't use a computer, so maybe I'm a bit out of the loop. I don't know whether to be flattered or not flattered. The beanpole bit, is that good? Can you be a sexy beanpole?

It's very rare to get a film script that has good dialogue. A lot of the time, you spend on film sets really fighting to find out how to say the words.

Half of my mum's family is Welsh. I remember when I was a kid she used to read to me, and witches and wizards in books always had a Welsh accent, so I guess I took it from that really.

Prince William definitely isn't my type, he's too horsey-looking.

The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.

Envy is the last thing that my parents feel.

In film as a medium, you're often given a baddie and a goodie and told what to think about them; it's usually a very definite point of view.

The thing I love about acting is getting to change and look at different people in different lives and do different projects.

Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.

I made a conscious decision to live my life the best way I could and that meant to publicise myself as little as possible.