Quotes By Keira Knightley

Film is a much lonelier process than theatre. You really don't have any rehearsal time in film. You don't shape it together... with theatre, there is a complete kind of family atmosphere. The sociable side of this business is the theatrical side, it really isn't the film side.

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

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.

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

I think everybody has the right to a private life.

I didn't know this about myself, but when 'Pirates of the Caribbean' came out I realised that I didn't enjoy a huge amount of recognition. I didn't react to it well, but I think life is about finding out who you are and what you like. So I started doing independent movies and art-house films instead.

If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything.

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 find more interesting roles for women in period pieces. I do personally like watching period films; I think you can really get lost in the fantasy of them.