I've had my body manipulated so many different times for so many different reasons, whether it's paparazzi photographers or for film posters.
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.
I'm ... incredibly open with my mates. Or even people I just meet.
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?
I went through voice coaching. I was absolutely terrified. I thought my knees were going to buckle, and the first couple of takes I sounded like a pubescent boy. I didn't realise I was going to have to do it live.
I've always gravitated towards people who are extreme. Whether its drugs, or kicking down doors. Normally, the people in my life had to escape to get back.
I enjoy doing an action scene. I'm not a purist as far as films go. If you want to do sex, great. As long as you do it well.
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.
Prince William definitely isn't my type, he's too horsey-looking.
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.
It's not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.
I've got a lot of experience with anorexia - my grandmother and great-grandmother suffered from it, and I had a lot of friends at school who suffered from it. I know it's not something to be taken lightly and I don't.
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.
If I don't do this film. I'll be acting in corsets for the next 20 years.
I wish I was Sienna Miller. When I talk to her, I hope a bit of her party personality will rub off on me, but it never does.
It's all about perfection, isn't it?
![I would be extremely stupid if I said that my looks had absolutely nothing to do with what I do, it [moviemaking] is a visual medium. I'm perfectly aware of that, the face and the body help. Of course they do.](https://quotes.thefamouspeople.com/images/quotes/keira-knightley-120666.jpg)
I would be extremely stupid if I said that my looks had absolutely nothing to do with what I do, it [moviemaking] is a visual medium. I'm perfectly aware of that, the face and the body help. Of course they do.
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.
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.
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.
I find it quite difficult on studio films because there are so many different executives and things like that that you have to go through, so very often getting that definitive opinion is actually quite difficult.
It's good to know that other people think differently, and that's what makes the characters interesting.
The whole point for me is to change as much as possible. If I've done one movie, I've done that, move on.
The thing I love about acting is getting to change and look at different people in different lives and do different projects.
The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.
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.
I always feel like I'm the one with everything to prove.
My doctor was like, 'Any questions?' And I was like, 'Yes! When can I drink please?!' I just want a margarita.
Because it does feel important to say it really doesn't matter what shape you are.
