When I was about 5 I think, I desperately wanted to be a pirate and have the hat and everything.
- Keira Knightley
I think every girl is looking for her Mr Darcy.
- 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
They have made me look a total babe on the front.
- Keira Knightley
They're all fab and they tell me when I'm acting up and laugh at me as much as possible, which is important.
- Keira Knightley
It's all about perfection, isn't it?
- 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
I've got a kind, close-knit family group.
- Keira Knightley
It's not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.
- Keira Knightley
One of the best characters in English literature.
- Keira Knightley
I thought, God, it's a strong person who says, 'Yes, you can take my name and you can do with it what you want,' ... I wanted to create a character who would be able to say that, because I know that I wouldn't.
- Keira Knightley
There were three women standing there with their bums facing me, ... Talk about a surreal moment. You're literally choosing the best bum in the bunch.
- Keira Knightley
I don't know, I don't know him. He's very good looking though.
- 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
A scruffy tomboy kid, with holes in her jeans.
- Keira Knightley
[She smiles.] Put on some sunscreen, ... and I was ready to go.
- 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
I was terrified of taking on such a well-known character - to the point where I didn't want to do it. But my agent persuaded me and I'm very glad she did.
- Keira Knightley
She says. 'You never know what people are going to go for and what they aren't. It's an unforeseeable thing. I don't even know what my next movie after 'Pirates' is going to be.'
- Keira Knightley
I can't. I haven't shaved my legs.
- Keira Knightley
It's brilliant that this dress has raised this much.
- Keira Knightley
I wanted to put up a 'Do Not Disturb' sign because I was so embarrassed about anyone going in.
- Keira Knightley
I have just seen George Clooney outside and thought that was quite cool.
- Keira Knightley
All of us can do something to support this fantastic work and it will make a real difference.
- Keira Knightley
He just laughed at me.
- Keira Knightley
(I am) Really proud to have been asked to work with such an iconic house as Chanel, and thrilled to follow the extraordinary women who have been associated with it before.
- Keira Knightley
I can't actually walk, but I can stand rather well.
- Keira Knightley
I have seen the TV reports on the horrendous drought in East Africa and I know how desperate things have become, so I am happy to be able to do something to help.
- Keira Knightley
There`s no point having an 18th birthday in America.
- Keira Knightley
I`m incredibly self-conscious about my body.
- Keira Knightley
I don`t do a thing to keep fit, I just cannot make myself work out. My abs are just luck - my mum has good ones so it`s a family trait.
- Keira Knightley
(On shoes) I see a pair of shoes I adore, and it doesn`t matter if they have them in my size. I buy them anyway.
- Keira Knightley
I do remember, at six, thinking I should be earning my own living. My mum says I was born 45.
- Keira Knightley
I don`t think about nutrition. The very thought of a diet makes me want chips and ice cream. And I just hate going to the gym. I cannot stand it.
- Keira Knightley
I`m naturally an extremely lazy person, so if someone did everything for me, I really think I would do nothing at all.
- Keira Knightley
I paint and draw, but very badly.
- Keira Knightley
Do you know that on all the sets I`ve been on, nobody has ever made a pass at me?
- Keira Knightley
I don`t court attention, which is why I`ve never been to nightclubs like Chinawhite.
- Keira Knightley
Producers usually hire a stylist for me when I got to premieres because they think I`m so pathetic.
- Keira Knightley
I`ve always been a snob about qualifications.
- Keira Knightley
If I have a dark side, I haven`t discovered it yet. How very boring of me.
- Keira Knightley
I`m not a social person, so I really have very few friends in the business.
- Keira Knightley
Acting requires me to be very observant, which means being able to sit in cafes for hours and watch people.
- Keira Knightley
In LA, I`m twice the size - height and everything else - of most of the other actresses who are going for an audition.
- Keira Knightley
Nudity frightens me, but I will do it when I think it`s necessary - or when it makes me giggle.
- Keira Knightley
I`m a bit of a tomboy so the action stuff was fantastic.
- Keira Knightley
I feel less blonde now and, er, smarter!
- Keira Knightley
The most fantastic date I`ve ever had was going bowling, because I don`t bowl and I`m awful.
- Keira Knightley
To be honest, I`d sooner be with my mates having a pint.
- Keira Knightley
The most exercise I do is turning on the television.
- Keira Knightley
I don`t like parties very much. I`m not a very sociable being.
- Keira Knightley
